0846:1040 — FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x] (NetGear, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x] manufactured by NetGear, Inc.. The vendor ID 0846 is registered to NetGear, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1040 is the product ID that NetGear, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0846:1040 NetGear, Inc. FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:1040 NetGear, Inc. FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0846:1040, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0846:1040. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0846, idProduct=1040.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0846&PID_1040
USB\VID_0846&PID_1040&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0846&PID_1040"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x]:
      Product ID: 0x1040
      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.
	1040  FA120 Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 [Asix AX88172 / AX8817x]

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