07b2:5101 — SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem (Motorola BCS, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem manufactured by Motorola BCS, Inc.. The vendor ID 07b2 is registered to Motorola BCS, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 5101 is the product ID that Motorola BCS, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 07b2:5101 Motorola BCS, Inc. SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 07b2:5101 Motorola BCS, Inc. SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 07b2:5101, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 07b2:5101. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=07b2, idProduct=5101.

Windows

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

USB\VID_07B2&PID_5101
USB\VID_07B2&PID_5101&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_07B2&PID_5101"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem:
      Product ID: 0x5101
      Vendor ID: 0x07b2  (Motorola BCS, Inc.)

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:

07b2  Motorola BCS, Inc.
	5101  SurfBoard SB5101 Cable Modem

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