D-Link DWA-171 rev C1

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Wireless AC Dual Band USB Adapter
DWA-171 front.jpg
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Platform
BrandModelRev D-Link DWA-171 C1
Series DWA-171
Serial number prefix SY9Z1
Interface USB 2.0
Connector Male A
Form factor micro dongle

ID:2001:331d
Windows: USB\VID_2001&PID_331D

FCCID KA2WA171C1
ICID 4216A-WA171C1
Chip1 Realtek RTL8811CU

OUI: none specified

MIMO status 1x1:1
Wireless Standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
802.11ac up to 433 Mbps
802.11n up to 150/150 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 Cameo

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

Additional chips
8MB SPI NOR Flash;Winbond;W25Q64JV;;1;

Windows driver
see Realtek's website

Retail
FCC approval date 06 February 2018
Country of manuf China
 Chip1 brandChip2 brand
D-Link DWA-171 rev A1Realtek
D-Link DWA-171 rev B1MediaTek
D-Link DWA-171 rev C1Realtek

For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

For a list of all currently documented D-Link devices with specifications, see D-Link.

433 Mbps - 1SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
150 Mbps - 1SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC600 class

Overview

"WA171" and "BWA171 OC1G" are silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

This revision has a Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) pushbutton on one side while previous revisions appear not to. This adapter contains an 8MB Winbond W25Q64JV serial NOR flash chip which hold drivers for Windows operating systems.

Linux drivers