5a57:0290 — ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U]
Zinwell
- Vendor ID
- 5a57
- Product ID
- 0290
- Combined
- 5a57:0290
- Decimal
- 23127:656
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U] manufactured by Zinwell. The vendor ID 5a57 is registered to Zinwell with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0290 is the product ID that Zinwell assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 5a57:0290 Zinwell ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5a57:0290 Zinwell ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 5a57:0290, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 5a57:0290. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=5a57, idProduct=0290.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_5A57&PID_0290 USB\VID_5A57&PID_0290&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_5A57&PID_0290"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U]:
Product ID: 0x0290
Vendor ID: 0x5a57 (Zinwell)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:
5a57 Zinwell 0290 ZW-N290 802.11n [Realtek RTL8192U]