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 Alex Phillips, 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
22nd day of December, 2014.

       					Signature: 	/s/ Thomas Waechter
       							Thomas H. Waechter