360 Systems MAC Prefix: Vendor Identified; Device Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- 360 Systems is registered to MAC prefix
00:05:56in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:05:56, that block was registered by 360 Systems — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- RFC 7042 describes EUI-48 identifiers as an assigned initial prefix followed by remaining bits and explains the Group and Local bits. No supplied source maps a 360 Systems product or device category to this exact prefix.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 00:05:56 matches an IEEE registry assignment to 360 Systems; the prefix alone does not identify a device category or model. The company describes itself as a manufacturer of professional broadcast video servers and audio record and playout equipment, but the supplied sources do not map those products to this prefix.
The company’s history page says it was founded in 1972, introduced Permanent Playback audio message players in the 1980s, and entered broadcast equipment with the DigiCart recorder in 1990. Its catalog includes TSS video servers, DigiCart 5 and Instant Replay 3 audio systems, and related control software and accessories.
00:05:56 is a 24-bit prefix, leaving 24 bits for suffix values: 16,777,216 possible values within that block. This is a mathematical address space, not a count of devices or shipments. The first octet is 00, so its Group bit and Local bit are both zero. Those bits are fixed for an exact prefix match; changing either changes the prefix.
Under RFC 7042, an EUI-48 uses an initial assigned prefix and the remaining bits, while the Group and Local bits distinguish address properties. A match establishes registry assignment only, not deployment, product, operating system, or security state.
- Registry assignment
- 360 Systems — MA-L prefix
00:05:56[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv - Device identification
- Unknown; the supplied sources do not associate a device category with this exact prefix [Unknown] — https://360systems.com/
- Address interpretation
- 24-bit prefix and 24-bit suffix; Group bit 0 and Local bit 0 [Confirmed] — https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt
- Company
- 360 Systems [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix
00:05:56[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Total prefix count in the supplied IEEE MA-L evidence
- 1 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device types
- Unknown; no device category is mapped to this exact prefix [Unknown] — https://360systems.com/
- Industry
- Broadcast and pro-AV; professional broadcast video servers and audio record and playout equipment [Confirmed] — https://360systems.com/
- Notable products
- TSS video servers, DigiCart 5, Instant Replay 3, ARC software, and Custom External Keypad [Confirmed] — https://360systems.com/products/
- Organization status
- The About page describes 360 Systems as a privately held California corporation; its homepage reports that the company closed in December 2025 [Confirmed] — https://360systems.com/about/; https://360systems.com/
- Country
- United States [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Website
- https://360systems.com/about/ [Confirmed] — https://360systems.com/about/
- Related vendors
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://360systems.com/about/
- Historic prefix
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv