0411:008b — Nintendo Wi-Fi

This is the USB identifier for a Nintendo Wi-Fi manufactured by BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.). The vendor ID 0411 is registered to BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 008b is the product ID that BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0411:008b BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) Nintendo Wi-Fi.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:008b BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) Nintendo Wi-Fi

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0411:008b, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0411:008b. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0411, idProduct=008b.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_0411&PID_008B
USB\VID_0411&PID_008B&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0411&PID_008B"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Nintendo Wi-Fi:
      Product ID: 0x008b
      Vendor ID: 0x0411  (BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.))

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

0411  BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.)
	008b  Nintendo Wi-Fi

• 0411:0066 WLI-U2-KG54 WLAN
• 0411:0067 WLI-U2-KG54-AI WLAN
• 0411:006e LUA-U2-GT 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter
• 0411:0089 RUF-C/U2 Flash Drive
• 0411:0091 WLI-U2-KAMG54 Wireless LAN Adapter
• 0411:0092 WLI-U2-KAMG54 Bootloader
• 0411:0097 WLI-U2-KG54-BB
• 0411:00a9 WLI-U2-AMG54HP Wireless LAN Adapter

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