Identifying manufacturer board P/Ns

This page shows some examples and the general format of some P/Ns or other distinguishing features attributed to various manufacturers.

Assume any information on this page is page is correct at your own risk.

AboCom ( tagged devices)
Taiwanese manufacturer - they've been around for a while.

Accton / Arcadyan / AWB / etc ( tagged devices)
Accton has manufactured a large amount of products, including Microsoft's old 802.11 (and non) networking line.

Arcadyan was formed as a joint venture between Philips and Accton.

AWB is an off-shoot of the Accton Group.

ALFA Network is an Accton Group partner, their newer devices seem to be mostly Accton manuf'ed.

These devices usually have silkscreened text along the lines of "P/N: 141"<4 digit numeric P/N><6 other digits / characters>, followed by, presumably, the revision, as well as a RoHS notice (for newer, post-RoHS units).

Alpha Networks ( tagged devices)
Alpha Networks was once the manufacturing arm of D-Link. They split off around 2003.

They still manufacture many of D-Link's products (as well as those of numerous others).

Generally, text of 8<802.11 capability code>(some dots) (assuming any of that is correct) can be found on Alpha produced 802.11 gear.

At least some type codes seem to be as follows...
 * RG - residential gateway <??> / router
 * WRG - wireless gateway / wireless router
 * WAP - wireless access point
 * WMP - wireless adapter, 16-bit PCMCIA (generally not) or Mini PCI (mostly)
 * WCB - wireless adapter, CardBus
 * WUS - wireless adapter, USB
 * WPC - wireless adapter, PCI / PCIe
 * WMC - wireless adapter, Mini PCIe

802.11 capability codes are probably the following...
 * B - 802.11b
 * G - 802.11g
 * A - 802.11a or 802.11a/ac
 * D - 802.11a/b/g
 * AB - 802.11a/b
 * N - 802.11b/g/n
 * ND - 802.11a/b/g/n

AMIT ( tagged devices)
AMIT has been around since 802.11 products have been marketed. They commonly manufacture 3G/4G modem-routers for various companies.. and manufactured a variety of products in the past.

Newer AMIT boards are frequently marked with a long alphanumeric string starting with 11340.

B-LINK ( tagged devices)
Chinese manufacturer - many of their wireless modules are bundled into low cost devices and their stuff is frequently found on eBay and elsewhere

Cameo ( tagged devices)
Cameo has been around for a while, and has made routers for a wide variety of companies. D-Link devices are commonly manufactured by them (and most old D-Link devices were manufactured by Global Sun Tech, a company acquired by Cameo).

A lead-free logo (RoHS woo) is usually featured prominently on their boards.

If there is a numeric P/N, it will frequently start with 2151.

Plotech has commonly manufactured their PCBs in the past.

CyberTAN ( tagged devices)
CyberTAN is a common manufacturer, perhaps most recognizable for manufacturing many Linksys products (including most of the venerable WRT54G series).

DareGlobal ( tagged devices)
DareGlobal is a common DSL modem manufacturer.

Generally, silkscreened text of "PWB:"<........> and "DAT:"<........ (date code)> is found on their boards.

Delta Networks ( tagged devices)
Delta Networks is one of Netgear's primary manufacturers, but they also manufacture stuff for a multitude of other companies.

Foxconn (+ Ambit Microsystems) ( tagged devices)
Most people have probably heard of Foxconn. Ambit was absorbed into Foxconn.

Hon Hai is the parent company of Foxconn.

Internal Foxconn / Ambit models generally seem to be 7 characters - , followed by the presumed revision / sub-model.

Gemtek ( tagged devices)
Gemtek is a prolific OEM/ODM. They've manufactured a large amount of products for many companies.

Generally, internal Gemtek P/Ns are in format of -_, and they are often silkscreened on the board.

Global Sun Technology ( tagged devices)
Was once a major 802.11 independent OEM/ODM. Absorbed into CAMEO.

Loopcomm ( tagged devices)
.. is a Taiwanese OEM/ODM.

Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics ( tagged devices)
SGE makes a large quantity of DSL modems for several major companies.. as well as a variety of other products.

Senao ( tagged devices)
A Taiwan based manufacturer which has made numerous popular products. Their marketed brand is EnGenius.

P/Ns starting with 7016A are frequently on their boards. Typical Senao format labels may affixed to them.

SerComm ( tagged devices)
SerComm makes a large amount of kit.

Examples
none ATM

Zioncom ( tagged devices)
Chinese manufacturer - makes routers (mostly non-US distributed), USB dongles, etc

Examples


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