13b1:0042 — WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter

Linksys

Vendor ID: 13b1
Product ID: 0042
Combined: 13b1:0042
Decimal: 5041:66

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter manufactured by Linksys. The vendor ID 13b1 is registered to Linksys with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0042 is the product ID that Linksys assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 13b1:0042 Linksys WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:0042 Linksys WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 13b1:0042, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 13b1:0042. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=13b1, idProduct=0042.

Windows

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

USB\VID_13B1&PID_0042
USB\VID_13B1&PID_0042&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_13B1&PID_0042"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x0042
      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
	0042  WUSB6100M 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter