09aa:3642 — Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter

This is the USB identifier for a Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter manufactured by Intersil Corp.. The vendor ID 09aa is registered to Intersil Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3642 is the product ID that Intersil Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 09aa:3642 Intersil Corp. Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 09aa:3642 Intersil Corp. Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 09aa:3642, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 09aa:3642. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=09aa, idProduct=3642.

Windows

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

USB\VID_09AA&PID_3642
USB\VID_09AA&PID_3642&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_09AA&PID_3642"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x3642
      Vendor ID: 0x09aa  (Intersil Corp.)

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:

09aa  Intersil Corp.
	3642  Prism 2.x 802.11b Adapter

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