0424:ec00 — SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC)
- Vendor ID
- 0424
- Product ID
- ec00
- Combined
- 0424:ec00
- Decimal
- 1060:60416
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter manufactured by Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC). The vendor ID 0424 is registered to Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) with the USB Implementers Forum, and ec00 is the product ID that Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0424:ec00 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:ec00 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0424:ec00, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0424:ec00. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0424&PID_EC00 USB\VID_0424&PID_EC00&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0424&PID_EC00"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter:
Product ID: 0xec00
Vendor ID: 0x0424 (Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC))Driver help
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. Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0424 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) ec00 SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter