0bda:b711 — RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch)
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 0bda
- Product ID
- b711
- Combined
- 0bda:b711
- Decimal
- 3034:46865
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch) manufactured by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The vendor ID 0bda is registered to Realtek Semiconductor Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and b711 is the product ID that Realtek Semiconductor Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bda:b711 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:b711 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bda:b711, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bda:b711. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bda, idProduct=b711.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BDA&PID_B711 USB\VID_0BDA&PID_B711&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BDA&PID_B711"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch):
Product ID: 0xb711
Vendor ID: 0x0bda (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)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. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp. b711 RTL8188GU 802.11n WLAN Adapter (After Modeswitch)