124a:4017 — PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter
AirVast
- Vendor ID
- 124a
- Product ID
- 4017
- Combined
- 124a:4017
- Decimal
- 4682:16407
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter manufactured by AirVast. The vendor ID 124a is registered to AirVast with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4017 is the product ID that AirVast assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 124a:4017 AirVast PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 124a:4017 AirVast PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 124a:4017, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 124a:4017. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=124a, idProduct=4017.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_124A&PID_4017 USB\VID_124A&PID_4017&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_124A&PID_4017"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter:
Product ID: 0x4017
Vendor ID: 0x124a (AirVast)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.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
124a AirVast 4017 PC-Chips 802.11b Adapter