0457:0163 — SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 0457
- Product ID
- 0163
- Combined
- 0457:0163
- Decimal
- 1111:355
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter manufactured by Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.. The vendor ID 0457 is registered to Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0163 is the product ID that Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0457:0163 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0457:0163 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0457:0163, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0457:0163. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0457, idProduct=0163.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0457&PID_0163 USB\VID_0457&PID_0163&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0457&PID_0163"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter:
Product ID: 0x0163
Vendor ID: 0x0457 (Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.)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.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0457 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. 0163 SiS163U 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter