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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Brooke Corporation on
Form 10-SB of our report dated March 2, 2000 accompanying the financial
statements and schedules and our report dated September 27, 2000 accompanying
the pro forma financial information appearing in the Prospectus, which is part
of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.

Summers, Spencer & Cavanaugh, CPAs, Chartered
Topeka, Kansas
October 17, 2000EXHIBIT 10.4

                         FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

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                              COR DEVELOPMENT, LLC
                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

TO: Manager of COR Development, LLC

   The information contained in this Subscription Agreement is being provided in
connection with my  subscription  for the preferred units and/or common units of
COR Development, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company ("COR Development").  I
understand that COR Development will be relying on this information in complying
with federal and state securities laws.

   1.  SUBSCRIPTION  AND PURCHASE  PRICE.  I hereby  subscribe for  ____________
preferred  units of COR  Development's  units of ownership at $10.00 per unit. I
hereby subscribe for  ____________  common units of COR  Development's  units of
ownership  at  $10.00  per  unit.  [NOTE TO  INVESTORS:  YOU MUST MAKE A MINIMUM
INVESTMENT OF $1,000.00.] Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Subscription Agreement to COR Development,  I am delivering a check made payable
for the full amount of $____________ to COR Development, LLC.

   2. REPRESENTATIONS.  I make the following representations and warranties, and
understand  and  acknowledge  that  COR  Development  will  be  relying  on this
information to assure compliance with federal and state securities laws. (Please
initial the appropriate lines.)

_____ (a) I am acquiring COR Development's units of ownership as a principal
          for my own account for investment purposes.

_____ (b) I have been  furnished  with a prospectus  regarding the preferred
          units and common units of COR  Development.  I further  represent  and
          warrant that I have, or that I have been given, the opportunity to ask
          questions of, and receive answers from, COR Development concerning the
          terms and conditions of the offering and to obtain verification of the
          accuracy of such information, as I deem necessary.

_____ (c) I recognize that this investment involves a high degree of risk. I
          desire to undertake this speculative  investment.  I am in a financial
          position  where  I  can  afford  to  lose  the  entire  amount  of  my
          investment.

   3. ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.  This  Subscription  Agreement  constitutes  the entire
agreement among the parties  pertaining to the  subscription and purchase of COR
Development's  preferred  units  and/or  common  units as set forth  herein  and
supersedes any prior understanding.

   4. TYPE OF OWNERSHIP. I wish to own COR Development's  preferred units and/or
common units as described above as follows (check one):

      ( )  Separate or individual property.

      ( )  Joint tenants with right of survivorship. (Both parties must sign all
           required documents).

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      ( )  Trust.  (Include  name of trust,  name of trustee  and date trust was
           formed.)

      ( )  Other. (Indicate __________________________________________________.)

   I hereby  represent that I have read this entire  Subscription  Agreement and
agree to be bound by its terms.

Executed this _____ day of ___________, 2000, at ___________________, _________.

________________________________________________________________________________
(Signature)                                     (Social Security Number or
                                             Federal Tax Identification Number)

________________________________________________________________________________
(Name, please print)

________________________________________________________________________________
(Address)                                         (Telephone Number)

________________________________________________________________________________
(Signature, if purchasing as                    (Social Security Number)
joint tenants)

________________________________________________________________________________
(Name, please print)

________________________________________________________________________________
(Address)                                          (Telephone Number)

   This Subscription Agreement is accepted this day _____ of ____________, 2000.

                                            COR DEVELOPMENT, LLC

                                            By: CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
                                                as manager

                                                By: ____________________________
                                                    Name: ______________________
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                             ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this " Agreement") is entered into as of
August 29, 2000, among SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, L.P .("Silver Lake") (the
"Assignor"), MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER EQUITY FUNDING, INC. (the "MS
Assignee"), SILVER LAKE INVESTORS, L.P. and SIL VER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS,
L.L.C. (collectively , the "SL Assignees"), INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V, L.P.
and INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V-MS SIDE FUND, L.P. (collectively, the "Integral
Assignees" and, together with the MS Assignee and the SL Assignees, the "
Assignees") and CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC. (the "Company").

                                   RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Assignor has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of July 26, 2000, with the Company (the "Purchase Agreement");
capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement;

     WHEREAS, each of the Assignees desires to become an "Investor" under the
Purchase Agreement with respect to the purchase of those Shares, Parent
Warrants, Subsidiary Stock Purchase Rights and IPO Valuation Warrants (if any)
set forth under such Assignee's name on Schedule A hereto, as well as any
Replacement Warrants issuable under the Purchase Agreement in respect of such
Subsidiary Stock Purchase Rights and any Subsidiary Warrants issuable under the
Purchase Agreement in respect of such Parent Warrants and Replacement Warrants
(with respect to each such Assignee, collectively, its " Assigned Securities");

     WHEREAS, pursuant to its rights under Section 9.4 of the Purchase
Agreement, the Assignor desires to assign to each of the Assignees the
Assignor's rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement with respect to
the purchase of such Assignee's Assigned Securities, and to cause such Assignee
to become an "Investor" under the Purchase Agreement with respect to such
Assigned Securities and a party to the Purchase Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION I. Assignment and Assumption. The Assignor hereby assigns to each
Assignee the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement with
respect to the purchase of such Assignee's Assigned Securities, and such
Assignee hereby assumes such rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement
(severally and not jointly with the other Assignees), hereby becomes an
"Investor" under the Purchase Agreement with respect to its Assigned Securities
and a party to the Purchase Agreement, and hereby agrees to pay its portion of
the Purchase Price as required under the Purchase Agreement with respect to the
purchase of its Assigned Securities ( each Assignee's portion of the Purchase
Price to be paid at the Closing, as set forth under such Assignee's
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name on Schedule A hereto, its " Assignee Purchase Price") and to comply with
the other covenants and agreements of an Investor under the Purchase Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents. The Company and each of the other parties
hereto hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Purchase Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, the MS
Assignee shall be permitted (without the consent of any other Person), to
transfer any or all of its Assigned Securities to a collective investment
vehicle for which PG Investors III, Inc. is the sole general partner or sole
managing member, as applicable (each, a "PG Fund") at any time prior to or
following the Closing, subject to such PG Fund having agreed to be bound by the
terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents applicable to an "Investor" thereunder (including without limitation
such PG Fund having made the representations and warranties of an "Investor"
thereunder) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and to the Assignor
(and such agreement shall constitute a waiver of any restrictions to the
contrary contained in the Purchase Agreement or any of the other Transaction
Documents).

     SECTION 2. Closing Payments. Not later than two business days prior to the
Closing, the Company will notify each of the Assignees in writing or by
electronic mail of the bank account(s) to which such Assignee's Assignee
Purchase Price is to be wired at the Closing.

     SECTION 3. Amendment of Purchase Agreement. Each Assignee acknowledges
that, pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement
may be amended upon the written consent of the Company and the Majority
Investors, and such Assignee further acknowledges that the Company and the
Majority Investors intend to amend the Purchase Agreement prior to the Closing
in the manner contemplated by Section 1.4(f) of the Purchase Agreement.

     SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Assignees hereby
makes each of the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the
Purchase Agreement (severally with respect solely to itself, and not jointly
with the other Assignees) to the Company and the Assignor as of the date hereof.
Each of the Assignees hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is purchasing its
Assigned Securities directly from the Company under the Purchase Agreement, and
not in any manner from the Assignor, and that the Assignor has made no
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements whatsoever to such Assignee
with respect to the value of, or other matters relating to, such Assigned
Securities (except for those covenants and agreements of the Assignor expressly
set forth in this Agreement). This Agreement shall constitute a "Transaction
Document" for purposes of the Purchase Agreement.

     SECTION 5. Entire Agreement: Supersedes Prior Agreements. This Agreement,
the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (in each case
including all the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, and including any
written agreements entered into in connection therewith) constitute the full and
entire understanding and agreement among the parties hereto with regard to the
subjects hereof and thereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other
in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
except as specifically set forth herein and therein. Other than the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein and in
the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which they are
parties

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(in each case including all the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, and
including any written agreements entered into in connection therewith), none of
the parties hereto has made or is making any representation, warranty, covenant
or agreement, express or implied, with respect to the matters contained in this
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and no
promise or inducement for this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents has been made by any party hereto, other than as set forth
in this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which they are parties (in each case including all the exhibits and schedules
hereto and thereto, and including any written agreements entered into in
connection therewith). This Agreement is executed by each of the Assignees
freely and voluntarily, and without reliance upon any statement or
representation by the Company or the Assignor to the Assignees or any of their
Affiliates, attorneys or agents, except as set forth herein and in the Purchase
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which they are parties (in each
case including all the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, and including
any written agreements entered into in connection therewith).

     SECTION 6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This
Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware
exclusive of its conflict-of-law principles. The parties hereby submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York for the
purpose of any suit, proceeding or judgment with respect to this Agreement. Each
of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by
jury in any legal action or proceeding in relation to this Agreement and for any
counterclaim therein.

     SECTION 7. Counterparts; Execution by Facsimile Signature. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. This
Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature(s).

     SECTION 8. Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified,
and the rights of the parties hereto may only be waived, upon the written
consent of the Assignor and each of the Assignees to whom such amendment,
modification or waiver relates.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

                                SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, L.P.

                                By: Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C.,
                                    its general partner

                                By: /s/ James A. Davidson
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                                    An Authorized Signatory

                                MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER EQUITY FUNDING, INC.

                                By: /s/ Thomas A. Clayton
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                                    Name: Thomas A. Clayton
                                    Title: Vice President

                                SILVER LAKE INVESTORS, L.P.

                                By: Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C.,
                                    its general partner

                                By: /s/ James A. Davidson
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                                    An Authorized Signatory

                                SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS, L.L.C.

                                By: Silver Lake Technology Associates, L.L.C.,
                                    its managing member

                                By: /s/ James A. Davidson
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                                    An Authorized Signatory

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                                INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V, L.P.

                                By: Integral Capital Management
                                    L.L.C., its general partner
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                                By: /s/ Pamela K. Hagenah
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                                    Name: Pamela K. Hagenah
                                    Title: Manager

                                INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V-MS
                                SIDE FUND, L.P.

                                By: ICP Management, L.L.C., its
                                    general partner
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                                By: /s/ Pamela K. Hagenah
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                                    Name: Pamela K. Hagenah
                                    Title: Manager

Agreed and Accepted:

CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.

By: /s/ Piyush Patel
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    Name: Piyush Patel
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

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