148f:1706 RT2500USB Wireless Adapter

Ralink Technology, Corp.

Vendor ID
148f
Product ID
1706
Combined
148f:1706
Decimal
5263:5894

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a RT2500USB Wireless Adapter manufactured by Ralink Technology, Corp.. The vendor ID 148f is registered to Ralink Technology, Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1706 is the product ID that Ralink Technology, Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 148f:1706 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2500USB Wireless Adapter.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:1706 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2500USB Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 148f:1706, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 148f:1706. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=148f, idProduct=1706.

Windows

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

USB\VID_148F&PID_1706
USB\VID_148F&PID_1706&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_148F&PID_1706"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    RT2500USB Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x1706
      Vendor ID: 0x148f  (Ralink Technology, 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. Ralink Technology, Corp. official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

148f  Ralink Technology, Corp.
	1706  RT2500USB Wireless Adapter

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