MAC address vendor

ABL GmbH is listed for this prefix; device type is unknown

Primary prefix
B0:8B:BE
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
ABL is registered to MAC prefix B0:8B:BE in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with B0:8B:BE, that block was registered by ABL — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

Updated  ·  Confidence: Medium  ·  4 sources  ·  How this page is checked

A MAC address beginning with B0:8B:BE matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to ABL GmbH. The supplied evidence does not identify a device category or show that a particular ABL product uses this prefix, so the match identifies the registry assignment only. It does not establish a specific device, its operator, or its security state.

This is a 24-bit prefix, leaving 24 bits for suffix values: 16,777,216 possible values within the matching range. That is a mathematical address-space count, not a count of devices, shipments, or observed traffic. The prefix bits fix the first-byte Group and Local bits at zero. Changing either bit produces a different prefix; variation in the suffix does not change those fixed bits.

ABL GmbH’s imprint displays “ABL - Since 1923,” which is not sufficient to establish a founding date. Its privacy notice names Bisping & Bisping GmbH & Co. KG as the host for its website; that hosting relationship does not establish a product or network relationship to the MAC assignment.

Registry match
B0:8B:BE is assigned to ABL GmbH under MA-L. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device category
Unknown; the supplied evidence does not map a device category to this exact prefix. [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Country
Germany, indicated in the IEEE assignment record and ABL’s privacy notice. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Website host
ABL’s privacy notice names Bisping & Bisping GmbH & Co. KG as its website host. [Confirmed] — https://www.abl.de/de/datenschutz.php
Company
ABL GmbH [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Prefix
B0:8B:BE [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Total assigned prefixes
1 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Country
Germany [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device types
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Notable products
Unknown [Unknown] — https://www.abl.de/en/imprint.php
Industry
Unknown [Unknown] — https://www.abl.de/en/imprint.php
Website
https://www.abl.de/en/imprint.php [Confirmed] — https://www.abl.de/en/imprint.php
Website host
Bisping & Bisping GmbH & Co. KG [Confirmed] — https://www.abl.de/de/datenschutz.php
Assignment dates
Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

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  1. B0:8B:BEMA-L
[ 03 ] — Related

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