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Employee Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 30, 2006
Apr. 30, 2003
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Maximum Amount Of Stock-Based Compensation Cost Capitalized $ 500,000ntgr_MaximumAmountOfStockBasedCompensationCostCapitalized $ 500,000ntgr_MaximumAmountOfStockBasedCompensationCostCapitalized $ 500,000ntgr_MaximumAmountOfStockBasedCompensationCostCapitalized    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Aggregate Option And Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Grants In Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 12.04ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAggregateOptionAndEmployeeStockPurchasePlanGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue $ 13.29ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAggregateOptionAndEmployeeStockPurchasePlanGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue $ 13.99ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAggregateOptionAndEmployeeStockPurchasePlanGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Total Intrinsic Value 9,000,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 2,900,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 3,700,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue    
Options granted, vesting term (in years) 4 years        
Non-cash stock-based compensation 20,014,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 17,462,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 14,372,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value 8,400,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue 2,300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue 3,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue    
Maximum Percentage Contribution Of Salary By Employees 100.00%ntgr_MaximumPercentageContributionOfSalaryByEmployees        
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent        
Defined Contribution Plan Maximum Contribution By Employer Value 6,000ntgr_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumContributionByEmployerValue        
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized 1,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 1,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 700,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized    
Stock Options [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value 3,400,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
4,200,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
8,100,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
   
Total unrecognized compensation 11,000,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
       
Weighted-average period of recognition of stock based compensation (in days) 2 years 3 months 29 days        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Total Fair Value 10,000,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
13,000,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
11,100,000ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
   
RSUs [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Total unrecognized compensation 17,400,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
       
Weighted-average period of recognition of stock based compensation (in days) 2 years 7 months 27 days        
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance       2,500,000us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_TwoThousandSixLongTermIncentivePlanMember
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized 8,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_TwoThousandSixLongTermIncentivePlanMember
       
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Conversion Ratio 1.58ntgr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsConversionRatio
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_TwoThousandSixLongTermIncentivePlanMember
       
Number of shares reserved for future grant (in shares) 2,034,455us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_TwoThousandSixLongTermIncentivePlanMember
       
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] | First Tranche [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Minimum Percentage Of Exercise Price Granted To Ten Percentage Of Shareholders       110.00%ntgr_MinimumPercentageOfExercisePriceGrantedToTenPercentageOfShareholders
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_TwoThousandSixLongTermIncentivePlanMember
/ ntgr_VestingScheduleAxis
= ntgr_FirstTrancheMember
 
Options granted, vesting term (in years)       12 months 4 years
Term Of Stock Appreciation Rights From Date Of Grant       10 years  
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] | Remaining Tranche [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Options granted, vesting term (in years)       3 years  
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member] | RSUs [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Options granted, vesting term (in years) 3 years        
Period of Measuring the Achievement of Personal Goals 12 months        
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Number of shares reserved for future grant (in shares) 200,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
       
Maximum Percentage of compensation contributed by employees (in percentage) 10.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMaximumEmployeeSubscriptionRate
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
       
Purchase percentage of stock at fair market value (in percentage) 85.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercent
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
       
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Discount from Market Price, Purchase Date 15.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
       
Non-cash stock-based compensation $ 523,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
$ 420,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
$ 371,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ntgr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember