2019:ab2c — GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU]
PLANEX
- Vendor ID
- 2019
- Product ID
- ab2c
- Combined
- 2019:ab2c
- Decimal
- 8217:43820
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU] manufactured by PLANEX. The vendor ID 2019 is registered to PLANEX with the USB Implementers Forum, and ab2c is the product ID that PLANEX assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2019:ab2c PLANEX GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2019:ab2c PLANEX GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2019:ab2c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2019:ab2c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2019, idProduct=ab2c.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_2019&PID_AB2C USB\VID_2019&PID_AB2C&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2019&PID_AB2C"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU]:
Product ID: 0xab2c
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 ab2c GW-USDual300 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8192DU]