PC World Readers Rate NETGEAR Best in Industry for Reliability and Service

More than 32,000 Readers Contributed to PC World’s Reliability and Service Report Card Which Rated NETGEAR Best Among the Industry’s Top Wireless Gateway Manufacturers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — December 17, 2003 — NETGEAR, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that it has received top ratings among the industry’s top wireless gateway manufacturers in PC World’s Reliability and Service Report Card. The study, which is published in the December 2003 edition of PC World, surveyed readers on the reliability and service of manufacturers including NETGEAR, D-Link, Linksys, Microsoft, SMC, and Belkin.

NETGEAR’s wireless gateways received the highest reliability scores of the survey in categories that rated problems on arrival, ease-of-use, gateways with problems, problems per year, and satisfaction with reliability. In addition, NETGEAR received a strong rating in service for satisfactory resolution.

"While innovation and product diversity are important to the success of manufacturers in the wireless networking sector, the most critical component is ensuring that they deliver the best overall experience to the end users," explained Patrick Lo, CEO and Chairman of NETGEAR. "We are very excited about the results of PC World Reliability and Service Report Card as it is proof that NETGEAR’s extraordinary dedication to providing the most reliable, easy-to-use networking products is being accomplished and recognized."

According to the survey, readers gave NETGEAR’s wireless gateways the highest score for ease-of-use, reported the fewest problems requiring technical support and the fewest problems per year, and reported the highest percentage of satisfactory resolution to their equipment problems.

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 suite of approximately 100 products enables 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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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