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]

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