NETGEAR Strengthens Management Team, Names Ray Robidoux President

Industry veteran joins NETGEAR executive management team

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 12, 2002 — NETGEAR, Inc., a worldwide provider of easy-to-use, high performance networking products at prices affordable to homes and growing businesses, today announced that it has named Ray Robidoux its new President. In this newly created position, Ray is responsible for all sales, marketing, product management and R&D functions. He leads the company’s continuous success in building and maintaining channel relationships worldwide, expanding NETGEAR’s global brand awareness, and developing and delivering innovative products. Together with the CFO, Jonathan Mather and CTO, Mark Merrill, he reports to Patrick Lo, chairman and CEO.

"Ray brings over 25-years of industry experience in the management of sales, marketing and product development to NETGEAR," said Patrick Lo, chairman and chief executive officer of NETGEAR. "As NETGEAR maintains its rapid growth rate, Ray’s presence ensures that our customers continue to receive superior quality products at affordable prices for their home or business."

"Ray is a proven leader and seasoned executive with extensive industry experience," said Mark Merrill, co-founder and CTO of NETGEAR. "Ray is integral to NETGEAR’s ongoing efforts to be the first to bring the latest innovations in networking to our customers while maintaining the quality and ease of use the NETGEAR brand has come to represent."

Before joining NETGEAR, Ray was senior vice president and general manager of the networked attached storage division at Quantum, and prior to that, vice president of Compaq Computer’s North America Consumer Business Group, focused on sales, marketing and service.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from California State Polytechnic University and a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

The home and business networking space has continued to grow rapidly despite the current economic downturn and according to Cahners In-Stat and IDC, the market is estimated to grow to $4.2 billion by 2003. NETGEAR is a leader in networking and offers a variety of solutions to share an Internet connection from wireless, Powerline, Phoneline and Ethernet products that are reliable and easy to use.

About NETGEAR Inc.
NETGEAR provides branded, easy-to-use, reliable and technologically advanced networking solutions for homes and small businesses. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, Calif., NETGEAR designs and develops products that enable home and small business users to share Internet access, peripherals, digital content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR primarily markets and sells its products through distributors based in North America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region to a network of resellers, including more than 4,500 retail stores, mail order catalogs and online retailers. NETGEAR was recently named to Deloitte & Touche’s "Technology Fast 500" and to its "2001 Technology Fast 50" for Silicon Valley. For more information visit the company’s Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408.907.8000).

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