0411:00ca — 802.11n Network Adapter

This is the USB identifier for a 802.11n Network Adapter 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 00ca 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 0411:00ca BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) 802.11n Network Adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:00ca BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) 802.11n Network Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0411:00ca, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0411:00ca. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0411, idProduct=00ca.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0411&PID_00CA
USB\VID_0411&PID_00CA&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0411&PID_00CA"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    802.11n Network Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x00ca
      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.)
	00ca  802.11n Network Adapter

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• 0411:00cb WLI-U2-G300N 802.11n Adapter
• 0411:00d8 WLI-U2-SG54HP
• 0411:00d9 WLI-U2-G54HP
• 0411:00da WLI-U2-KG54L 802.11bg [ZyDAS ZD1211B]

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