Netgear A6150
abgn+ac (AC1200) | |||||||||||||||
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| AC1200 Dual Band WiFi USB 2.0 Adapter | |||||||||||||||
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| WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru | |||||||||||||||
| Platform | |||||||||||||||
| Brand • Model • Rev |
Netgear A6150 v1 | ||||||||||||||
| Interface |
USB 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Connector |
Male A | ||||||||||||||
| Form factor |
nano dongle | ||||||||||||||
ID:0846:9055 Windows: USB\VID_0846&PID_9055 | |||||||||||||||
| FCCID | |||||||||||||||
| ICID | |||||||||||||||
| Board ID |
1246-00000172-50Z | ||||||||||||||
| Chip1 |
Realtek RTL8812BU | ||||||||||||||
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OUI: none specified | |||||||||||||||
| MIMO status |
2x2:2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wireless Standards |
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac | ||||||||||||||
| 802.11ac |
up to 867 Mbps | ||||||||||||||
| 802.11n |
up to 300/300 Mbps | ||||||||||||||
| 802.11g |
up to 54 Mbps | ||||||||||||||
| 802.11b |
up to 11 Mbps | ||||||||||||||
| 802.11a |
up to 54 Mbps | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency |
2.4 or 5 GHz | ||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||
| Manuf/OEM/ODM | |||||||||||||||
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Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, DFS (slave) | |||||||||||||||
Probable Linux driver | |||||||||||||||
Windows driver | |||||||||||||||
| Retail | |||||||||||||||
| FCC approval date | 29 October 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| (Est.) release date | 29 April 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| (Est.) initial retail price (in USD) | $45 | ||||||||||||||
| ASIN |
B07P388DBG  | ||||||||||||||
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For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.
For a list of all currently documented Netgear device with specifications, see Netgear.
Overview
"1246-00000172-50Z", "BP4M", "E186014", "P/C=F119-223", and "EW-7822UNC" are silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.
This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 04/28/2019 ⚠.
Links of Interest
USB ID (0846:9055) references
Notes
Linux support
- For linux kernel version 2.6.24 ~ 5.8 (Realtek), 5.9 (Nov,2020)
USB using the chip Realtek RTL8812BU
Easy to follow installation: https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu
This made my usb-A6150 show up in network(Kubuntu 20.10), but remember to go to network setting and change it to wpa2. It will keep falling to connect to router, which support wpa3. The adapter itself on the other hand may not be wpa3 supported.
