Revenue (Schedule of Net Revenue Disaggregated by Geographical Region and Sales Channel) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2024	Apr. 02, 2023
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	$ 164,586	$ 180,908	[2]
Service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		27,796	14,217
Non-service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		136,790	166,691
Connected Home
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	95,963	102,746	[2]
Connected Home | Service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		27,553	14,027
Connected Home | Non-service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		68,410	88,719
NETGEAR for Business
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	68,623	78,162	[2]
NETGEAR for Business | Service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		243	190
NETGEAR for Business | Non-service provider
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue		68,380	77,972
Americas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	109,928	121,922
Americas | Connected Home
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	77,995	84,001
Americas | NETGEAR for Business
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	31,933	37,921
EMEA
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1],[3]	31,187	39,178
EMEA | Connected Home
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	8,010	12,064
EMEA | NETGEAR for Business
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	23,177	27,114
APAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	23,471	19,808
APAC | Connected Home
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	9,958	6,681
APAC | NETGEAR for Business
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total net revenue	[1]	$ 13,513	$ 13,127

[1] No individual foreign country represented more than 10% of the Company’s total net revenue in the periods presented.

[2] * Financial information for each reportable segment were recast to conform to the current reportable segment structure.

[3] No individual foreign country represented more than 10% of the Company’s total net revenue in the periods presented.