3ality Digital Systems GmbH — MAC prefix identification is limited

A MAC address beginning B0:6C:BF matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to 3ality Digital Systems GmbH; the assignment alone does not identify a device, product, or its maker. The IEEE record gives the legal name and identifies Germany. It lists one 24-bit prefix, B0:6C:BF (source: https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv). Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records.

The prefix fixes the first 24 bits of a 48-bit MAC address, leaving 24 suffix bits and 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is a count of possible values, not a device or shipment count. The first octet B0 has Group bit 0 and Local bit 0, so both are fixed for an exact match. Changing either bit produces a different prefix. RFC 7042 describes the Group and Local bits and MAC prefix structure (source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt).

A matching address therefore supports the registry match only; it does not establish deployment, traffic prevalence, current company identity, or security status.

Registry match

B0:6C:BF is assigned to 3ality Digital Systems GmbH in the IEEE MA-L record.

Device identification

The assignment does not establish a device category or specific product.

Prefix boundary

The 24-bit prefix leaves 24 bits for suffix values; Group and Local bits in the first octet are both zero for an exact match.

Company

3ality Digital Systems GmbH [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Registry

MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Country

Germany [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Prefix

B0:6C:BF [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Assignment dates

Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv