ASUS USB-N53
ASUS USB-N53
Availability: common
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Askey WLU5090 -D61
FCC approval date: 19 September 2011
(Est.) release date: 01 October 2011
UPC: 610839393589 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Amazon image
ASIN
B005SAKW9G (, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)
multiple revisions of this device, use caution
On Newegg
Interface: USB
USB 2.0
Connector: Male A
Form factor tags: dongle
ID: 0b05:179d
Windows: USB\VID_0B05&PID_179D
FCC ID: MSQ-USBN53
IC ID: 3568A-USBN53
WI1 chip1: Ralink RT3572
Probable Linux driver
rt2800usb (experimental,
in backports) or rt3572sta
USB ID first seen in kernel v3.0 (2011-07-22)
(see also passys)
Windows driver
see MediaTek's website
Older Ralink drivers have been removed.
See the Wayback Machine
for some older driver sets (filter by EXE/ZIP)
Antenna connector: none
abgn, 2x2:2
Chip1 brand | Chip2 brand | |
---|---|---|
ASUS USB-N53 | Ralink | |
ASUS USB-N53 B1 | MediaTek |
For a list of all currently documented Ralink chipsets with specifications, see Ralink.
Dual-Band Wireless-N600 USB Adapter
Wi-Fi Certified : WFA12425 (as of 07/27/2011)
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0b05:179d ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N53 802.11abgn Network Adapter [Ralink RT3572] Chipset detected - rt: 3572, rf: 0009, rev: 0223.
works good with Linux Kernel 3.1.1
Device Drivers - > Network device support - - > Ralink driver support - - - > Ralink rt27xx/rt28xx/rt30xx (USB) support (RT2800USB) - - - - > "rt2800usb - Include support for unknown (USB) devices (RT2800USB_UNKNOWN)" have to be activated
dmesg
usb 5-6: new high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci_hcd usb 5-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=179d usb 5-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 5-6: Product: 802.11 n WLAN usb 5-6: Manufacturer: Ralink usb 5-6: SerialNumber: 1.0 usb 5-6: reset high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci_hcd ieee80211 phy6: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy6::radio Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy6::assoc Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy6::quality
lsusb -v
Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0b05 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. idProduct 0x179d bcdDevice 1.01 iManufacturer 1 Ralink iProduct 2 802.11 n WLAN iSerial 3 1.0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 67 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 450mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 7 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 5 1.0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered)