NETGEAR Names Leslie Adams Vice President of Marketing

Newest member of executive management team to enhance NETGEAR customer focus

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — October 29, 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 Leslie Adams its new Vice President of Marketing. In this newly created position, Leslie has responsibility for worldwide marketing for NETGEAR including product management, product marketing, channel marketing and all corporate communication functions including public relations and advertising. She will be reporting to Ray Robidoux, President.

"Leslie brings the management and marketing experience necessary to help NETGEAR continue its growth and profitability," said Patrick Lo, chairman and chief executive officer of NETGEAR. "Leslie will enhance NETGEAR’s focus on the customer as we provide the products that simplify networking."

"Leslie has the extensive leadership experience needed to manage our product development and marketing communication efforts," said Ray Robidoux, president of NETGEAR. "With a rare combination of consumer and business marketing skills in both the computer and telecommunications industries, she is in a unique position to work with NETGEAR reseller and retail partners alike."

Before joining NETGEAR, Leslie was Vice President Marketing Services & Integration with HP and prior to that, Compaq Computer Corporation’s Vice President Volume Marketing and Vice President Consumer, Americas. Her seven years at Compaq included responsibility for the go-to-market strategy for both commercial and consumer products. Her experience also includes seven years with AT&T Consumer Products in several Marketing Director roles (including International Business Director) and five years at AT&T Information Systems in Computer Systems and Small Business Systems management roles.

She received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Bucknell University.

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

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

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