1668:6097 802.11b Wireless Adapter

Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex]

Vendor ID
1668
Product ID
6097
Combined
1668:6097
Decimal
5736:24727

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a 802.11b Wireless Adapter manufactured by Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex]. The vendor ID 1668 is registered to Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] with the USB Implementers Forum, and 6097 is the product ID that Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1668:6097 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] 802.11b Wireless Adapter.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1668:6097 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] 802.11b Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1668:6097, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1668:6097. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1668, idProduct=6097.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1668&PID_6097
USB\VID_1668&PID_6097&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1668&PID_6097"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    802.11b Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x6097
      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]
	6097  802.11b Wireless Adapter

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