0d8e:7801 — AR5523

This is the USB identifier for a AR5523 manufactured by Global Sun Technology, Inc.. The vendor ID 0d8e is registered to Global Sun Technology, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 7801 is the product ID that Global Sun Technology, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0d8e:7801 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0d8e:7801 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0d8e:7801, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0d8e:7801. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0d8e, idProduct=7801.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0D8E&PID_7801
USB\VID_0D8E&PID_7801&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0D8E&PID_7801"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AR5523:
      Product ID: 0x7801
      Vendor ID: 0x0d8e  (Global Sun Technology, 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:

0d8e  Global Sun Technology, Inc.
	7801  AR5523

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• 0d8e:7605 TRENDnet TEW-224UB 802.11b Wireless Adapter [Atmel AT76C503A]
• 0d8e:7802 AR5523 (no firmware)
• 0d8e:7811 AR5523
• 0d8e:7812 AR5523 (no firmware)
• 0d8e:7a01 PRISM25 802.11b Adapter

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