13b1:0039 — AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235] (Linksys)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235] manufactured by Linksys. The vendor ID 13b1 is registered to Linksys with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0039 is the product ID that Linksys assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 13b1:0039 Linksys AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:0039 Linksys AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 13b1:0039, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 13b1:0039. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=13b1, idProduct=0039.

Windows

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

USB\VID_13B1&PID_0039
USB\VID_13B1&PID_0039&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_13B1&PID_0039"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]:
      Product ID: 0x0039
      Vendor ID: 0x13b1  (Linksys)

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:

13b1  Linksys
	0039  AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]

13b1:0039 — AE1200 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43235]