2019:ab2a — GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]

PLANEX

Vendor ID: 2019
Product ID: ab2a
Combined: 2019:ab2a
Decimal: 8217:43818

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS] manufactured by PLANEX. The vendor ID 2019 is registered to PLANEX with the USB Implementers Forum, and ab2a is the product ID that PLANEX assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2019:ab2a PLANEX GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2019:ab2a PLANEX GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2019:ab2a, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2019:ab2a. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2019, idProduct=ab2a.

Windows

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

USB\VID_2019&PID_AB2A
USB\VID_2019&PID_AB2A&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2019&PID_AB2A"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]:
      Product ID: 0xab2a
      Vendor ID: 0x2019  (PLANEX)

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:

2019  PLANEX
	ab2a  GW-USNano2 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]

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