NETGEAR, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
 
       The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of NETGEAR, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes 
and appoints Andrew Kim and Mark Liu, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
        
       (1)           execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or 
director of the Company, Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance 
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;
        
       (2)           do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or 
desirable to complete the execution of any such Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and the timely filing of any 
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and
        
       (3)           take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the 
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, to the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, 
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to 
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in fact 
may approve in his or her discretion.
        
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform 
all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights 
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally 
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, 
or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and 
the rights and powers herein granted.
        
       The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the 
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's 
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
        
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to 
file Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities 
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing 
attorneys-in-fact.
        
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th 
day of August 2011.
       
                                               Signature:         /s/ Barbara V. Scherer                
                                                               Barbara V. Scherer