0846:1020 — FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1 (NetGear, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1 manufactured by NetGear, Inc.. The vendor ID 0846 is registered to NetGear, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1020 is the product ID that NetGear, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0846:1020 NetGear, Inc. FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:1020 NetGear, Inc. FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0846:1020, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0846:1020. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0846, idProduct=1020.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0846&PID_1020
USB\VID_0846&PID_1020&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0846&PID_1020"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1:
      Product ID: 0x1020
      Vendor ID: 0x0846  (NetGear, 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:

0846  NetGear, Inc.
	1020  FA101 Fast Ethernet USB 1.1

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