083a:4507 — SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523] (Accton Technology Corp.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523] manufactured by Accton Technology Corp.. The vendor ID 083a is registered to Accton Technology Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4507 is the product ID that Accton Technology Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 083a:4507 Accton Technology Corp. SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 083a:4507 Accton Technology Corp. SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 083a:4507, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 083a:4507. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=083a, idProduct=4507.

Windows

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

USB\VID_083A&PID_4507
USB\VID_083A&PID_4507&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_083A&PID_4507"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523]:
      Product ID: 0x4507
      Vendor ID: 0x083a  (Accton Technology 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:

083a  Accton Technology Corp.
	4507  SMCWUSBT-G2 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523]

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