EXHIBIT 32.1

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                  PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEYACT OF 2002

     I, Patrick C.S. Lo, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly
Report of NETGEAR, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 28, 2004
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition and
results of operations of NETGEAR, Inc.


                                        By: /s/ Patrick C.S. Lo
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                                        Patrick C.S. Lo
                                        Director and Chief Executive Officer

     I, Jonathan R. Mather, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of NETGEAR, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
28, 2004 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of NETGEAR, Inc.


                                        By: /s/ Jonathan R. Mather
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                                        Jonathan R. Mather
                                        Chief Financial Officer