15a9:0012 — WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870]
Gemtek
- Vendor ID
- 15a9
- Product ID
- 0012
- Combined
- 15a9:0012
- Decimal
- 5545:18
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870] manufactured by Gemtek. The vendor ID 15a9 is registered to Gemtek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0012 is the product ID that Gemtek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 15a9:0012 Gemtek WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 15a9:0012 Gemtek WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 15a9:0012, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 15a9:0012. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=15a9, idProduct=0012.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_15A9&PID_0012 USB\VID_15A9&PID_0012&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_15A9&PID_0012"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870]:
Product ID: 0x0012
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 0012 WUBR-208N 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870]