0846:6a00 — WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L] (NetGear, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L] manufactured by NetGear, Inc.. The vendor ID 0846 is registered to NetGear, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 6a00 is the product ID that NetGear, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0846:6a00, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0846:6a00. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0846, idProduct=6a00.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0846&PID_6A00
USB\VID_0846&PID_6A00&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0846&PID_6A00"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]:
      Product ID: 0x6a00
      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.
	6a00  WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]

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