08c4:0100 — Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter

This is the USB identifier for a Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter manufactured by Proxim, Inc.. The vendor ID 08c4 is registered to Proxim, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0100 is the product ID that Proxim, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08c4:0100 Proxim, Inc. Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08c4:0100 Proxim, Inc. Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08c4:0100, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08c4:0100. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08c4, idProduct=0100.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08C4&PID_0100
USB\VID_08C4&PID_0100&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08C4&PID_0100"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x0100
      Vendor ID: 0x08c4  (Proxim, Inc.)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

08c4  Proxim, Inc.
	0100  Skyline 802.11b Wireless Adapter

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