Netgear A6150

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 Dual Band WiFi USB 2.0 Adapter
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Support
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Platform
BrandModelRev
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

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
Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO, DFS (slave)

Windows driver
see Realtek's website

Retail
FCC approval date 29 October 2018
(Est.) release date 29 April 2019
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD) $45
ASIN B07P388DBG Flag of the United States.svg
 FCC ID
ASUS USB-AC53 NanoMSQ-USBACRN00
NDD9578221607
D-Link DWA-181 rev A1KA2WA181A1
NDD9578221607
Edimax EW-7822ULCNDD9578221607
Edimax EW-7822UNCNDD9578221607
NETSCOUT EW-7822UNCRD7-7822UNCUS
NDD9578221607
TRENDnet TEW-808UBMXU8TEW808UBM
NDD9578221607

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.

867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

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.