NETGEAR Introduces RangeMax™ Technology Providing Industry-Best Wireless Range and Speed, Eliminating Wi-Fi Network Deadspots, Dynamically Optimizing Network Performance

NETGEAR Teams with Video54 to Offer Wireless Solution with More Than 100 Antenna Configurations that Adapt to Network Environment "On The Fly" and Minimize Effects of RF Interference while Maximizing Performance to Client Devices

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - January 5, 2005 - NETGEAR®, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, and Video54 Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative technologies and products to enable the digital media networking ecosystem, today announced at CES 2005 that the two companies have teamed on RangeMax™ technology to provide industry-best wireless range and speeds. RangeMax, which will be demonstrated at NETGEAR's booth (#35812), is designed to boost wireless range in home networks and eliminate dead spots, vastly improving support for bandwidth-intensive applications such as streaming audio and video, playing online games and transferring large data files.

Based on Video54's patent-pending BeamFlex™ technology, RangeMax incorporates seven smart MIMO antennas to deliver 127 unique antenna patterns that adapt "on the fly" to the network environment by adjusting to RF interference, locations of clients, and physical barriers, resulting in extraordinary range and consistent high-speed data transfer performance throughout the home. RangeMax automatically senses the network environment and dynamically adjusts its antenna configurations to optimize the signal to eliminate dead spots and provide better system performance than available with any other competing wireless networking technologies in existence today. By reducing throughput variance caused by signal fade and interference, RangeMax delivers a consistent stream of data, eliminating video freezing and jittering, and connection drops. The RangeMax wireless routers from NETGEAR will even enhance significantly the range and speed for wireless clients that do not carry the RangeMax circuitries.

"One of the pervasive issues encountered in the implementation of wireless networks is that of sub-par network performance caused by elements such as RF interference and the physical structure in which the network is running," explained Patrick Lo, NETGEAR CEO and Chairman of the Board. "With Video54 we've been able to launch the revolutionary RangeMax technology which dynamically optimizes performance to vastly improve the speed and range of the wireless network, supporting the increasing performance demands of the home network for applications such as streaming multimedia content."

"Working together with NETGEAR, we've been able to bring to market our groundbreaking BeamFlex technology that will deliver industry-best wireless network performance," stated Selina Lo, CEO of Video54. "The combination of our advanced antenna and interference management technologies with NETGEAR's extensive background in wireless networking for the consumer and business sectors has resulted in RangeMax, which will bring incredible network performance in an affordable standards-based solution."

About RangeMax™

Fully compatible with the 802.11b and 802.11g standards, RangeMax uses more than 100 antenna configurations to increase path diversity and selects signal paths based on real-time analysis of network performance and the RF environment. Optimal signal path is identified and applied for each client device and each data packet in the network, while the environment is constantly monitored and re-optimized.

Products based upon RangeMax technology will also enable consumers to upgrade the performance of their existing networks incrementally as the technology improves network performance when used with any manufacturers' standards-based wireless client adapters.

The first NETGEAR products based on RangeMax technology are expected to ship around spring of 2005 and will be available through NETGEAR's consumer and reseller channel partners.

About Video54 Technologies, Inc.
Video54 designs, develops and markets technologies and products that enable the home media network ecosystem. The company's hardware and software technologies deliver improved speeds, whole-house coverage and reliable performance to the vast installed base of home wireless networks to enhance consumer experience in rich data and real-time media applications. Funded by Sequoia Capital, Video54 is led by Selina Lo, CEO, and Dominic Orr, Chairman of the Board, industry veterans with track records in building successful companies. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.video54.com. Video54 and BeamFlex are registered trademarks of Video54 Technologies, Inc.

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 over 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.

©2005 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR®, the NETGEAR Logo, and RangeMax are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netgear, Inc. 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 NETGEAR's RangeMax technology and its expected performance characteristics, specifications, availability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses and user feedback, and the general market position of NETGEAR and its 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 RangeMax technology and products incorporating such technology may not met the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers, the performance of RangeMax technology and products incorporating such technology may be adversely affected by real world conditions, the ability of NETGEAR to incorporate RangeMax technology in new products and timely release such products for general availability, 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 15 through 22, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 3, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2004. 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.