1668:0405 — Gateway
Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex]
- Vendor ID
- 1668
- Product ID
- 0405
- Combined
- 1668:0405
- Decimal
- 5736:1029
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Gateway manufactured by Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex]. The vendor ID 1668 is registered to Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0405 is the product ID that Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1668:0405 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] Gateway.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1668:0405 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] Gateway
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1668:0405, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1668:0405. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1668, idProduct=0405.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1668&PID_0405 USB\VID_1668&PID_0405&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1668&PID_0405"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Gateway:
Product ID: 0x0405
Vendor ID: 0x1668 (Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex])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:
1668 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] 0405 Gateway