045e:07c6 — RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter]

Microsoft Corp.

Vendor ID: 045e
Product ID: 07c6
Combined: 045e:07c6
Decimal: 1118:1990

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter] manufactured by Microsoft Corp.. The vendor ID 045e is registered to Microsoft Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 07c6 is the product ID that Microsoft Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 045e:07c6 Microsoft Corp. RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:07c6 Microsoft Corp. RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 045e:07c6, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 045e:07c6. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=045e, idProduct=07c6.

Windows

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

USB\VID_045E&PID_07C6
USB\VID_045E&PID_07C6&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_045E&PID_07C6"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter]:
      Product ID: 0x07c6
      Vendor ID: 0x045e  (Microsoft 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. Microsoft Corp. official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

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

045e  Microsoft Corp.
	07c6  RTL8153 GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter]

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