0846:9043 — WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?] (NetGear, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?] manufactured by NetGear, Inc.. The vendor ID 0846 is registered to NetGear, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 9043 is the product ID that NetGear, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0846:9043 NetGear, Inc. WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:9043 NetGear, Inc. WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0846:9043, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0846:9043. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0846, idProduct=9043.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0846&PID_9043
USB\VID_0846&PID_9043&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0846&PID_9043"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?]:
      Product ID: 0x9043
      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.
	9043  WNA1000Mv2 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS?]

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