198f:0220 — BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter

This is the USB identifier for a BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter manufactured by Beceem Communications Inc.. The vendor ID 198f is registered to Beceem Communications Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0220 is the product ID that Beceem Communications Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 198f:0220 Beceem Communications Inc. BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 198f:0220 Beceem Communications Inc. BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 198f:0220, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 198f:0220. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=198f, idProduct=0220.

Windows

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

USB\VID_198F&PID_0220
USB\VID_198F&PID_0220&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_198F&PID_0220"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x0220
      Vendor ID: 0x198f  (Beceem Communications Inc.)

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:

198f  Beceem Communications Inc.
	0220  BCSM250 WiMAX Adapter

• 198f:0210 BCS200 WiMAX Adapter

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