0b95:1790 — AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet

This is the USB identifier for a AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet manufactured by ASIX Electronics Corp.. The vendor ID 0b95 is registered to ASIX Electronics Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1790 is the product ID that ASIX Electronics Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0b95:1790, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0b95:1790. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0b95, idProduct=1790.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0B95&PID_1790
USB\VID_0B95&PID_1790&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0B95&PID_1790"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet:
      Product ID: 0x1790
      Vendor ID: 0x0b95  (ASIX Electronics 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:

0b95  ASIX Electronics Corp.
	1790  AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet

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