<PAGE>



     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2002.
                           Registration No. 333-_____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             ENTRADA NETWORKS, INC.
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                   <C>                                   <C>
      Delaware                   3577                            33-0676350
  (State or other     (Primary Standard Industrial            (I.R.S. Employer
  jurisdiction of      Classification Code Number)          Identification No.)
  Incorporation
 or organization)
</TABLE>

                                    12 Morgan
                            Irvine, California 92618
                                 (949) 588-2070
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                  area code, of registrant's principal offices)

                           KANWAR J.S. CHADHA, Ph. D.
                             Chief Executive Officer
                             Entrada Networks, Inc.
                                    12 Morgan
                            Irvine, California 92618
                                 (949) 588-2070
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             W. RAYMOND FELTON, ESQ.
                Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP
                            Metro Corporate Campus I
                              Post Office Box 5600
                          Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
                                 (732) 549-5600

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: [ ]



<PAGE>


If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box: [X]

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              Proposed      Proposed
Title of each                                 Maximum       Maximum
Class of                                      Offering      Aggregate      Amount of
Securities to              Amount to be       Price per     Offering       Registration
to be Registered           Registered (1)     Share (2)     Price          Fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>                        <C>                <C>           <C>            <C>
Common Stock,
$0.001 par value              549,614         $0.23         $126,411.22    $37.29
</TABLE>

(1) In addition, this registration statement also covers any additional shares
of common stock which become issuable under the 2000 Stock Incentive plan
described in this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of Entrada's
outstanding shares of common stock.

(2) The shares under the plan are to be offered at prices not currently
determinable. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the offering price for the shares is
estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee and is based
on the closing price of the common stock on June 7, 2002, $0.23, as reported on
The Nasdaq National Market System of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.

         Entrada hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.

         The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-51850
are incorporated herein by reference.

                                       2



<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on the 12 day of June
2002.

                                          ENTRADA NETWORKS, INC.

                                          By: /s/  Kanwar J.S. Chadha
                                             --------------------------------
                                                  Kanwar J.S. Chadha, Ph. D.
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                                   Title                              Date
---------                                   -----                              ----
<S>                                         <C>                                <C>
/s/ Kanwar J.S. Chadha                      Chief Executive Officer,           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------            President, Chairman,
KANWAR J.S. CHADHA                          Director

/s/ Davinder Sethi                          Vice Chairman, Director,           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------            Chief Financial Officer
DAVINDER SETHI, Ph. D.                      (Principal Financial and
                                            Accounting Officer)

/s/ Leonard Hecht                           Director                           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------
LEONARD HECHT

/s/ Rohit Phansalkar                        Director                           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------
ROHIT PHANSALKAR

--------------------------------            Director                           June 12, 2002
RAYMOND NGAN, Ph. D.
</TABLE>

                                       3



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Item 16. Exhibits

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No.                Description of Documents
<S>                        <C>
5                          Opinion of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis &
                           Himmel, LLP - Page 5

23.1                       Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP  - Page 6

23.2                       Consent of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis &
                           Himmel, LLP - Included in Exhibit 5
</TABLE>

                                       4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2002.
                           Registration No. 333-_____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             ENTRADA NETWORKS, INC.
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                   3577                            33-0676350
  (State or other     (Primary Standard Industrial            (I.R.S. Employer
  jurisdiction of      Classification Code Number)          Identification No.)
  Incorporation
 or organization)
12 Morgan
                            Irvine, California 92618
                                 (949) 588-2070
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                  area code, of registrant's principal offices)

                           KANWAR J.S. CHADHA, Ph. D.
                             Chief Executive Officer
                             Entrada Networks, Inc.
                                    12 Morgan
                            Irvine, California 92618
                                 (949) 588-2070
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             W. RAYMOND FELTON, ESQ.
                Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP
                            Metro Corporate Campus I
                              Post Office Box 5600
                          Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
                                 (732) 549-5600

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box: [X]

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed      Proposed
Title of each                                 Maximum       Maximum
Class of                                      Offering      Aggregate      Amount of
Securities to              Amount to be       Price per     Offering       Registration
to be Registered           Registered (1)     Share (2)     Price          Fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
$0.001 par value              549,614         $0.23         $126,411.22    $37.29
(1) In addition, this registration statement also covers any additional shares
of common stock which become issuable under the 2000 Stock Incentive plan
described in this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of Entrada's
outstanding shares of common stock.

(2) The shares under the plan are to be offered at prices not currently
determinable. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the offering price for the shares is
estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee and is based
on the closing price of the common stock on June 7, 2002, $0.23, as reported on
The Nasdaq National Market System of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.

         Entrada hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.

         The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-51850
are incorporated herein by reference.

                                       2
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable ground to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on the 12 day of June
2002.

                                          ENTRADA NETWORKS, INC.

                                          By: /s/  Kanwar J.S. Chadha
                                             --------------------------------
                                                  Kanwar J.S. Chadha, Ph. D.
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature                                   Title                              Date
---------                                   -----                              ----
/s/ Kanwar J.S. Chadha                      Chief Executive Officer,           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------            President, Chairman,
KANWAR J.S. CHADHA                          Director

/s/ Davinder Sethi                          Vice Chairman, Director,           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------            Chief Financial Officer
DAVINDER SETHI, Ph. D.                      (Principal Financial and
                                            Accounting Officer)

/s/ Leonard Hecht                           Director                           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------
LEONARD HECHT

/s/ Rohit Phansalkar                        Director                           June 12, 2002
--------------------------------
ROHIT PHANSALKAR

--------------------------------            Director                           June 12, 2002
RAYMOND NGAN, Ph. D.
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Item 16. Exhibits
Exhibit No.                Description of Documents
5                          Opinion of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis &
                           Himmel, LLP - Page 5

23.1                       Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP  - Page 6

23.2                       Consent of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis &
                           Himmel, LLP - Included in Exhibit 5
4