NETGEAR Introduces Industry-First Line of Gigabit Smart Switches for SMBs with Power-over-Ethernet...

NETGEAR Introduces Industry-First Line of Gigabit Smart Switches for SMBs with
Power-over-Ethernet and Stacking Capabilities

NETGEAR's New Advanced Smart Switches Deliver IP Network Convergence with
Scalability and High-Performance for SMBs

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NETGEAR(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:
NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking
solutions, today announced two new ProSafe(R) Advanced Gigabit Smart Switches,
the GS724TPS and GS748TPS. They are the industry's first and only Gigabit
Smart Switches designed for Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) that
combine Gigabit connectivity, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and stacking, all on
the same platform, making them ideal for supporting converged networks.

More and more SMB customers are recognizing the benefits of converged networks
that include wireless, VoIP and data, not only for cost-savings, but also for
business efficiency and enhanced services. The GS7xxTPS series is designed to
help SMBs easily migrate their current infrastructure to a converged network
that may include wireless LANs, VoIP phones or IP-PBXs and video
teleconferencing. With PoE capabilities on all ports and Auto Voice VLAN
features, the switches can help customers to easily set up the PoE-enabled IP
phones and wireless access points wherever they want, without changing the
wiring infrastructure. In addition, the first four ports on each switch can
also support PoE+, based on the IEEE802.3at draft standards, providing up to
30W to higher-powered PoE devices such as multichannel wireless access points,
pan-tilt-zoomed IP cameras, and touch-screen IP phones. One GS7xxTPS switch
provides SMBs with all their PoE needs now as well as for the future.

"As SMBs continue to leverage VoIP, wireless and other converged network
technologies to make their businesses more productive and streamline their
networks, they require advanced switching infrastructure that supports their
needs now and in the future," said Maggie Wu, NETGEAR's product line manager
for Smart Switching Products. "Our ProSafe GS7xxTPS Series of Advanced Gigabit
Smart Switches meets these requirements to support key applications such as
VoIP-based call centers, branch/remote offices and organizations with unified
wireless and wireline networks. The GS7xxTPS series offers performance,
ease-of-use, scalability, and reliability by supporting the right combination
of features at an affordable cost."

Designed for high performance, easy management and scalability, the GS7xxTPS
series are the industry's only Stackable Smart Gigabit Switches. There are two
dedicated HDMI ports delivering up to 20 Gbps stacking bandwidth on each
switch. Customers can stack up to 6 switches or 288 ports together and manage
them with a single IP address. The stacking features also include redundancy
and are hot-swappable. Since they are extensions of the same NETGEAR Gigabit
Stackable Smart Switch family, the GS724TPS and GS748TPS can be stacked with
the GS7xxTS switches (GS724TS and GS748TS), and provide greater investment
protection to customers.

As members of the NETGEAR ProSafe Advanced Smart Switch family, GS724TPS and
GS748TPS also come with a complete suite of advanced features such as access
control lists (ACL), 802.1x port authentication, enhanced QoS, rate limiting
and IGMP snooping, among others, to provide SMBs with more robust security,
higher quality of service and high availability. An intuitive, Web-browser
interface provides simple yet comprehensive management, making it a snap to
fully realize the potential of the rich feature-set offered by these switches.

"Until we went with NETGEAR, we were unclear how to approach a converged
network deployment, since the infrastructure features we needed were out of
our price range," said Gary Howell, managing technical director of Morgan
Walsh Consultancy Limited. "Since installation, the GS7xxTPS Stackable
Switches have operated flawlessly, providing high performance network
connectivity across multiple VLANS, with really easy administration. We
couldn't have asked for a better solution."

Additional features for the GS7xxTPS line include:

"Smart" Management Features:
SMBs can manage all ProSafe Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches as though they
were one unit, from an easy-to-use Web console that can be used to configure
all features, as well as monitor and troubleshoot. (Features include single IP
address, automatic master back-up, automatic firmware synchronization across
stack and master maintains configuration for entire stack.) These switches
also have SNMP (v1, 2 and 3) to collect and track data to monitor the network
health, as well as manage devices, and more easily enforce critical IT
controls and policies. SNMP v2c is most commonly deployed, as it provides
better reporting capabilities than SNMP v1. Companies interested in more
robust security may opt for SNMP v3, which provides data encryption. These
switches can also be managed with NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software
(NMS100) and work with other SNMP-based management software.

Advanced Security:
These switches also provide advanced features that provide more robust
security to SMBs. These include 802.1x for authentication and ACL filtering to
permit or deny traffic based on MAC and/or IP addresses.

Advanced Quality of Service (QoS):
Priority queuing ensures high-priority traffic gets delivered efficiently,
even during congestion from high traffic bursts. Companies implementing
network telephony or video conferencing, for example, need to be able to
prioritize such voice and video traffic and other real-time applications over
less latency-sensitive traffic to ensure reliability and quality. The ability
to prioritize traffic ensures the quality of latency-sensitive services and
applications despite increasing traffic loads. The ProSafe Gigabit Stackable
Smart Switches provide an extensive set of QoS features such as 802.1p-based
prioritization; Layer 3-based (DSCP) prioritization; and rate-limiting.

"SMBs need solutions that are powerful enough to help growing networks support
converged applications, but that are designed for companies without enterprise
IT resources," said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst of enterprise
voice and data at Infonetics. "Products such as NETGEAR's Stackable Smart
Switches feature SMB-focused tools that streamline network operations while
still delivering enterprise functionality, thereby enabling SMBs to transition
to converged networks."

With full 24/7 technical support that connects SMBs directly with experienced
switching experts, the NETGEAR ProSafe GS7xx Series of Advanced Gigabit
Ethernet Smart Switches will give SMBs a powerful new tool to grow their
businesses. The GS724TPS and the GS748TPS will be available worldwide in July
2009 from value-added resellers and leading direct marketers at estimated U.S.
street prices starting from $899.99 and $1,699.99, respectively. All ProSafe
products provide world-class reliability with a NETGEAR Lifetime Warranty and
optional ProSupport Maintenance Packages. More information on NETGEAR's full
line of ProSafe Advanced Smart Switches is available at
(http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/AdvancedSmartSwitches.aspx).

About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that
address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of Small- to
Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and home users. The company offers an
end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet
access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among
multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a
variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with
a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over
29,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 41,000 value-added
resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional
offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR(R) partner. More
information is available by visiting www.netgear.com or calling (408)
907-8000. Follow NETGEAR on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR.

(C) 2009 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo and ProSafe are trademarks or
registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change
without notice. All rights reserved.

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