ABB Australia MAC prefix: device identification Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- ABB Australia is registered to MAC prefix
78:AB:60in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with78:AB:60, that block was registered by ABB Australia — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- An exact 24-bit prefix match identifies the registry assignment. The first byte 78 hexadecimal has Group bit 0 and Local bit 0; changing either bit yields a different prefix. The 24-bit suffix has 16,777,216 possible values, not an actual device or shipment count.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 78:AB:60 identifies an IEEE MA-L registry assignment to ABB Australia; the available evidence does not identify a device type or product using it. The assignment is 78:AB:60 (24 bits), leaving 24 bits for the suffix. An exact match establishes the registry prefix only, not the device, its current vendor, or its security state.
For this prefix, the first byte is 78 hexadecimal: its Group bit is 0 and its Local bit is 0. Those bits are fixed for an exact literal prefix match. Changing either bit produces a different prefix. The 24-bit suffix has 16,777,216 possible values; that is a count of possible suffixes, not devices or shipments.
The IEEE record gives the registrant as ABB Australia and includes AU, indicating Australia. RFC 7042 describes 48-bit MAC identifiers as an assigned initial prefix followed by additional bits. Use the full prefix when comparing a captured address, and treat a match as evidence of the registry assignment only.
- Registry assignment
- ABB Australia — MA-L prefix
78:AB:60. - Device identification
- Unknown; no supplied evidence maps this prefix to a device category or product.
- Country
- Australia, indicated by
AUin the IEEE record. - Address match
- Compare the first 24 bits; a match identifies the registry prefix, not a specific device.
- Company
- ABB Australia [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix
78:AB:60[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- Australia [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device type
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv