diff --git a/labgrid/driver/power/poe_netgear_plus.py b/labgrid/driver/power/poe_netgear_plus.py
index 2518e003a..0add8d502 100644
--- a/labgrid/driver/power/poe_netgear_plus.py
+++ b/labgrid/driver/power/poe_netgear_plus.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from ..exception import ExecutionError
 
 
-def _get_hostname_and_password(url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+def _get_hostname_port_and_password(url: str) -> tuple[str, int, str]:
     """Obtain credentials from url or default and return hostname and password.
 
     If no password is in the URL return "P4ssword", which fulfills  the minimal requirements from Netgear:
@@ -35,20 +35,23 @@ def _get_hostname_and_password(url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
     - at least one lower case character
     - at least one number
 
+    If no port is in the URL, return 80.
+
     Args:
         url: A URL with an optional basic auth prefix.
 
     Returns:
-        A tuple of the hostname, and the extracted or default password
+        A tuple of the hostname, port and the extracted or default password
 
     """
     parse_result = urlparse(url)
     if parse_result.scheme != "http":
         raise ExecutionError(f"URL must start with http://, found {parse_result.scheme} for {url}.")
 
-    password = "P4ssword" if parse_result.password is None else parse_result.password
+    password = parse_result.password or "P4ssword"
+    port = parse_result.port or 80
 
-    return parse_result.hostname, password
+    return parse_result.hostname, port, password
 
 
 def power_set(host: str, _port: int, index: int, value: bool) -> None:
@@ -64,9 +67,11 @@ def power_set(host: str, _port: int, index: int, value: bool) -> None:
     index = int(index)
     netgear_port_number = index + 1
 
-    (hostname, password) = _get_hostname_and_password(host)
+    (hostname, port, password) = _get_hostname_port_and_password(host)
+
+    network_address = f"{hostname}:{port}"
 
-    sw = NetgearSwitchConnector(hostname, password)
+    sw = NetgearSwitchConnector(network_address, password)
     sw.autodetect_model()
     try:
         sw.get_login_cookie()
@@ -97,9 +102,10 @@ def power_get(host: str, _port: int, index: int) -> bool:
     index = int(index)
     netgear_port_number = index + 1
 
-    (hostname, password) = _get_hostname_and_password(host)
+    (hostname, port, password) = _get_hostname_port_and_password(host)
+    network_address = f"{hostname}:{port}"
 
-    sw = NetgearSwitchConnector(hostname, password)
+    sw = NetgearSwitchConnector(network_address, password)
     sw.autodetect_model()
     try:
         sw.get_login_cookie()
diff --git a/tests/test_powerdriver.py b/tests/test_powerdriver.py
index 8926333c6..fb0f511a2 100644
--- a/tests/test_powerdriver.py
+++ b/tests/test_powerdriver.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from labgrid.driver import ExecutionError
-from labgrid.driver.power.poe_netgear_plus import _get_hostname_and_password
+from labgrid.driver.power.poe_netgear_plus import _get_hostname_port_and_password
 from labgrid.resource import NetworkPowerPort, YKUSHPowerPort
 from labgrid.driver.powerdriver import (
     ExternalPowerDriver,
@@ -393,10 +393,11 @@ class TestPoeNetgearPlusPowerDriver:
         ]
     )
     def test_get_hostname_and_password(self, url: str, expected_host: str, expected_pw: str):
-        returned_host, returned_pw = _get_hostname_and_password(url)
+        returned_host, returned_port, returned_pw = _get_hostname_port_and_password(url)
         assert returned_host == expected_host
+        assert returned_port == 80
         assert returned_pw == expected_pw
 
     def test_get_hostname_and_pw_non_http_raises(self):
         with pytest.raises(ExecutionError, match="URL must start with http://"):
-            _get_hostname_and_password("no_http_protocol")
+            _get_hostname_port_and_password("no_http_protocol")