160a:3184 — VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle]
VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 160a
- Product ID
- 3184
- Combined
- 160a:3184
- Decimal
- 5642:12676
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle] manufactured by VIA Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 160a is registered to VIA Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3184 is the product ID that VIA Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 160a:3184 VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 160a:3184 VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 160a:3184, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 160a:3184. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=160a, idProduct=3184.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_160A&PID_3184 USB\VID_160A&PID_3184&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_160A&PID_3184"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle]:
Product ID: 0x3184
Vendor ID: 0x160a (VIA Technologies, Inc.)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:
160a VIA Technologies, Inc. 3184 VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle]