2162:2031 — Network Blaster Wireless Adapter

This is the USB identifier for a Network Blaster Wireless Adapter manufactured by Broadxent (Creative Labs). The vendor ID 2162 is registered to Broadxent (Creative Labs) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2031 is the product ID that Broadxent (Creative Labs) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2162:2031 Broadxent (Creative Labs) Network Blaster Wireless Adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2162:2031 Broadxent (Creative Labs) Network Blaster Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2162:2031, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2162:2031. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2162, idProduct=2031.

Windows

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

USB\VID_2162&PID_2031
USB\VID_2162&PID_2031&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2162&PID_2031"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Network Blaster Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0x2031
      Vendor ID: 0x2162  (Broadxent (Creative Labs))

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:

2162  Broadxent (Creative Labs)
	2031  Network Blaster Wireless Adapter

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