15a9:0002 SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887]

Gemtek

Vendor ID
15a9
Product ID
0002
Combined
15a9:0002
Decimal
5545:2

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887] manufactured by Gemtek. The vendor ID 15a9 is registered to Gemtek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0002 is the product ID that Gemtek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 15a9:0002 Gemtek SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 15a9:0002 Gemtek SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 15a9:0002, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 15a9:0002. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=15a9, idProduct=0002.

Windows

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

USB\VID_15A9&PID_0002
USB\VID_15A9&PID_0002&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_15A9&PID_0002"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887]:
      Product ID: 0x0002
      Vendor ID: 0x15a9  (Gemtek)

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:

15a9  Gemtek
	0002  SparkLAN WL-682 802.11bg Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887]

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