1737:0073 WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B]

802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3]

Vendor ID
1737
Product ID
0073
Combined
1737:0073
Decimal
5943:115

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B] manufactured by 802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3]. The vendor ID 1737 is registered to 802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3] with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0073 is the product ID that 802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3] assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1737:0073 802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3] WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1737:0073 802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3] WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1737:0073, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1737:0073. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1737, idProduct=0073.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1737&PID_0073
USB\VID_1737&PID_0073&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1737&PID_0073"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B]:
      Product ID: 0x0073
      Vendor ID: 0x1737  (802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3])

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:

1737  802.11g Adapter [Linksys WUSB54GC v3]
	0073  WUSB54GC v2 802.11g Adapter [Realtek RTL8187B]

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