NETGEAR® ReadyNAS™ NV+ Ranked in Top Ten of PC WORLD’s “100 Best Products of 2007 Awards”

Innovative Centralized Storage Solution Provides Enterprise-Level Features for Cost-Conscious Small Businesses and Home Office Users

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — June 4, 2006 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that its ReadyNAS™ NV+ (RND4000) was a top ten frontrunner in PC WORLD’s esteemed “100 Best Products of 2007 Awards.” The ReadyNAS NV+ is the ideal, affordable centralized network attached storage (NAS) device for small businesses and consumers requiring enterprise-quality performance and security. The article announcing the winners is available now on PCWorld.com and will be featured in the July 2007 issue of PC WORLD, which hits newsstands June 12.

“We’re honored to have PC WORLD’s editors rank our ReadyNAS NV+ number eight amongst the 100 best technology products on the market today,” stated Paul Tien, vice president and general manager of NETGEAR’s Network Storage Business Unit. “As the designers of the hardware and software technology involved, we’re in a perfect position to serve the needs of SOHOs and SMBs, and our growing ReadyNAS customer base attests to that. This impressive award validates our success in delivering robust storage solutions that are rich in features, easy to use, well built and compact, and class-leading in terms of performance.”

NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS NV+ is the single, safe and effective solution for storing and serving all digital data — designed specifically for home offices, small businesses and workgroups. Packed with technology previously reserved for high-end servers, the ReadyNAS NV+ brings enterprise-level technology to the masses in a cost-effective manner. The ReadyNAS NV+ supports robust features such as Gigabit Ethernet speeds, system monitoring capabilities and built-in backup with hardware RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). ReadyNAS’s patent pending X-RAID™ technology provides full data access and redundancy with protection even during hot swap of disks and against hardware failure, ensuring the access and safety of valuable pictures, digital media and sensitive business files. Not only does it have lower power consumption than competing products on the market, it also carries a special energy saving mode for automatic shutdown upon idle. The ReadyNAS NV+ works with Windows, Mac and Linux.

The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect that rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC WORLD’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance and innovation.

“Products that win PC WORLD’s 100 Best Products of 2007 Awards set the standard for excellence in the IT and consumer electronics industries,” stated Harry McCracken, vice-president/editor in chief of PC WORLD. “From notebooks and security software to MP3 players and smartphones, the editors reward the most outstanding performers in this annual awards program. Congratulations to NETGEAR.”

The article announcing the winners can be read at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935/article.html?tk=pr_BP2007

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.

© 2007 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadyNAS and X-RAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:
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 ReadyNAS storage 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 actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS storage products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers, product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions, new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR’s products, 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 "Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 20 through 29, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2007. 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.

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