D-Link DWA-171 rev C1

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Wireless AC Dual Band USB Adapter
DWA-171 front.jpg
Support
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
ICID
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
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
 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 device 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