AboCom Systems Inc. — 3 prefixes (MA-L)
Summary
- // what this is
- AboCom Systems is registered to MAC prefix
00:12:0Eand 2 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:12:0E, that block was registered by AboCom Systems — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Three corroborated OUI assignments plus FCC-documented products establish AboCom as a genuine identifiable manufacturer, not a shell registration; still, absence of confirmed CVEs is a sourced null, not a security clearance.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning with 00:12:0E, EC:F0:0E, or 00:E0:98 belongs to AboCom Systems Inc., a Taiwanese OEM manufacturer typically seen on consumer and SOHO USB Wi-Fi adapters, USB Bluetooth adapters, and Powerline Ethernet products.
AboCom holds three separate MA-L (/24) OUI registrations in the IEEE registry, all attributed to "AboCom" at Hsinchu, Taiwan addresses. The registrant address on the OUI records — 1F, No. 21, Yanfa 2nd Rd. — matches the company's own stated headquarters (R&D Rd. II, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu), confirming the OUI registrant and the live company are the same entity.
Multiple FCC ID filings corroborate real shipped products under this vendor: an 11ac 433Mbps dual-band USB adapter (MQ4AU7212), an 802.11b/g USB WLAN adapter (MQ4WUG2650-4), and Bluetooth USB adapters (MQ4UBT1K/MQ4UBT1KH), among others. This product trail, combined with three independent OUI assignments, establishes AboCom as a substantive, identifiable vendor rather than a bare single-OUI shell registration.
No IEEE registration date exists for these prefixes — the public OUI registry publishes only registry, assignment, organization name, and address, never a date. A targeted search for AboCom-branded security advisories or CVEs returned no hits; this is reported as Unknown rather than a claim that no vulnerabilities exist.
- IEEE assignment
- 3 MA-L prefixes → AboCom (AboCom Systems Inc.), registered Hsinchu, Taiwan [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L (lines 13134, 18785, 18786)
- Registry / block size
- MA-L (24-bit OUI) x3; no MA-M/MA-S sub-allocations found [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry; the IEEE MA-M registry and the IEEE MA-S registry (grep, no matches)
- HQ / country
- 1F, No. 21, Yanfa 2nd Rd. (R&D Rd. II), Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (TW); address format varies across the three registry entries (postal code "300" vs "12345") [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L; en.abocom.com.tw/contact-us-.html
- Company status
- active [Confirmed] — en.abocom.com.tw
- Device types
- USB Wi-Fi adapters (802.11b/g, b/g/n, 11ac dual-band), USB Bluetooth adapters, Powerline Ethernet, largely OEM [Confirmed] — fccid.io filings (MQ4AU7212, MQ4WUG2650-4, MQ4UBT1K, MQ4UBT1KH, MQ4WU5502S, MQ4WU5205, MQ4WU5208)
- Notable products
- 11ac 433Mbps dual-band USB adapter (MQ4AU7212), 802.11b/g USB WLAN adapter (MQ4WUG2650-4), Bluetooth USB adapters (MQ4UBT1K/MQ4UBT1KH) [Confirmed] — fccid.io
- Verified sample prefixes (all MA-L, AboCom)
- 00:12:0E, EC:F0:0E, 00:E0:98 [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
- Registration date
- Unknown — IEEE's public OUI registry (the IEEE MA-L registry) publishes no assignment/registration date column [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry
- Security context
- Unknown — no AboCom-branded CVEs or security advisories found in a targeted search; a sourced null, not a claim of no vulnerabilities [Unknown] — web search (no corroborating source found)
- Related vendors
- none identified (no parent/subsidiary relationship found)
- Analyst note
- three independently-registered MA-L blocks plus multiple FCC-documented consumer USB networking products confirm AboCom as a substantive, identifiable vendor rather than a bare single-OUI shell registration.