NETGEAR® ProSafe™ Smart Switch Line Clear Market Leader with Dominant Revenue Share in Fastest Growing Category of Switches in 2005

Latest NPD Distributor Weekly Report Reveals More Customers in North America Chose NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Switches than all other Competitors Combined

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – December 19, 2005 – NETGEAR Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the results of a report published by NPD Distributor Weekly POS revealing that the revenue earned from the sales of its industry-leading line of ProSafe Smart Switches continued to dominate the smart switch market category, the fastest growing category of switches in North America in 2005.

According to analysis of the latest point-of-sale report, since pioneering the category in 2003 with the launch of the industry’s first Smart Switch, NETGEAR continued its dominant share earning industry leading 55.8 percent of the revenue from North American sales to date in a category that grew year-on-year 600 percent through Q3, the fastest growing category of switches in 2005.

“NETGEAR revolutionized the switch segment back in 2003 when it introduced the industry’s first Smart Switch, a new category of switches that deliver key management features at an unmanaged price through an intuitive browser based GUI,” stated Kevin Allan, NETGEAR Director of Product Marketing – Business Products. “Rapid category growth in 2005 demonstrates more and more customers are realizing the cost-saving benefits of deploying these SNMP-manageable switches. Offering basic management features that provide the ability to scale network infrastructure without the need for dedicated IT personnel on staff or the complexity of a fully-managed network, Smart Switches are the ideal solutions for growing business networks. More customers have chosen NETGEAR’s ProSafe Smart Switches than all other competitors combined based on NETGEAR’s category leading value, performance, and reliability.”

NETGEAR’s ProSafe line of Smart Switches includes the ProSafe 16 Port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS716T), ProSafe 24 Port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS724T), ProSafe 48 Port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS748T), ProSafe 48 Port 10/100 Smart Switch with 2 Gigabit Ports (FS750T2), ProSafe 24 Port 10/100 Smart Switch with 2 Gigabit Ports (FS726T), ProSafe 24 Port 10/100 Smart Switch with 2 Gigabit Ports and PoE (FS726TP), ProSafe 24Port 10/100 Stackable Smart Switch with 4 Gigabit Ports (FS728TS), ProSafe 48 Port 10/100 Stackable Smart Switch with 4 Gigabit Ports (FS752TS), and ProSafe 48 Port Stackable Smart Switch with 4 Gigabit Ports and PoE (FS752TPS).

About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company's product offerings enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning the expected performance characteristics, specifications, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR’s products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: The NPD Distributor Weekly POS report has not been independently verified by NETGEAR and actual results may vary from what is reported, the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR’s products may not met the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers, product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions, the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology, the impact and pricing of competing products and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled “Risk Factors Affecting Future Results”, pages 19 through 28, in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2005. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

For more information:
Doug Hagan
NETGEAR Inc.
(408) 907-8053
doug.hagan@netgear.com

Ken Hagihara
Integrity Public Relations
(949) 768-4423
ken@integritypr.net