Aberdeen Test Center MAC Prefix: Device Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Aberdeen Test Center is registered to MAC prefix
00:15:43in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:15:43, that block was registered by Aberdeen Test Center — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- A matching MAC prefix indicates a registry assignment, not a specific device, product, deployment, traffic prevalence, or security state. The 24 suffix bits allow 16,777,216 possible values; this is not an observed device or shipment count.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 00:15:43 is assigned to Aberdeen Test Center, but the available evidence does not identify a device category that uses this prefix. The IEEE record lists one MA-L assignment, 00:15:43, and the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center describes its work as testing and test support for warfighting systems. Its stated test areas include ground vehicles, weapons and ammunition, soldier systems, power generation, and cybersecurity; none is explicitly mapped to this prefix.
The prefix is 24 bits long, so it fixes the first three octets of a 48-bit MAC address and leaves 24 suffix bits, or 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is a mathematical address-space size, not a count of deployed devices or shipments. The first-byte Group and Local bits are both zero for this exact prefix. A captured match supports the registry-prefix attribution only; it does not establish a particular device, product, deployment, or security state.
- Device identification
- Unknown; no supplied source maps a device category to this exact prefix.
- Practical interpretation
- A match covers the first 24 bits; the remaining 24 bits allow 16,777,216 possible suffix values, not an observed device count.