055d:b231 — LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.
- Vendor ID
- 055d
- Product ID
- b231
- Combined
- 055d:b231
- Decimal
- 1373:45617
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter manufactured by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.. The vendor ID 055d is registered to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. with the USB Implementers Forum, and b231 is the product ID that Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 055d:b231 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 055d:b231 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 055d:b231, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 055d:b231. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=055d, idProduct=b231.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_055D&PID_B231 USB\VID_055D&PID_B231&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_055D&PID_B231"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter:
Product ID: 0xb231
Vendor ID: 0x055d (Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.)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:
055d Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. b231 LG Wireless LAN 11b Adapter