2821:0161 — WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U]
ASUSTek Computer Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 2821
- Product ID
- 0161
- Combined
- 2821:0161
- Decimal
- 10273:353
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U] manufactured by ASUSTek Computer Inc.. The vendor ID 2821 is registered to ASUSTek Computer Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0161 is the product ID that ASUSTek Computer Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2821:0161 ASUSTek Computer Inc. WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2821:0161 ASUSTek Computer Inc. WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2821:0161, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2821:0161. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2821, idProduct=0161.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_2821&PID_0161 USB\VID_2821&PID_0161&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2821&PID_0161"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U]:
Product ID: 0x0161
Vendor ID: 0x2821 (ASUSTek Computer Inc.)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:
2821 ASUSTek Computer Inc. 0161 WL-161 802.11b Wireless Adapter [SiS 162U]