168c:0002 — AR5523 (no firmware)

This is the USB identifier for a AR5523 (no firmware) manufactured by Atheros Communications. The vendor ID 168c is registered to Atheros Communications with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0002 is the product ID that Atheros Communications assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 168c:0002 Atheros Communications AR5523 (no firmware).

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 168c:0002 Atheros Communications AR5523 (no firmware)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 168c:0002, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 168c:0002. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=168c, idProduct=0002.

Windows

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

USB\VID_168C&PID_0002
USB\VID_168C&PID_0002&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_168C&PID_0002"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AR5523 (no firmware):
      Product ID: 0x0002
      Vendor ID: 0x168c  (Atheros Communications)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

168c  Atheros Communications
	0002  AR5523 (no firmware)

• 168c:0001 AR5523

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