Acme Packet MAC prefix: vendor assignment; device type Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Acme Packet is registered to MAC prefix
00:08:25in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:08:25, that block was registered by Acme Packet — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- The Group bit and Local bit of the first octet in
00:08:25are both 0. This exact 24-bit prefix leaves 24 suffix bits, or 16,777,216 possible suffix values; that is not a device or shipment count. A prefix match indicates a registry assignment, not a particular device or deployment.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 00:08:25 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment registered to Acme Packet; the supplied evidence does not identify a device type. The assignment covers the first 24 bits of a 48-bit MAC address, leaving 24 bits after the prefix. Those remaining bits allow 16,777,216 possible suffix values, which is a range of address values, not a count of devices or shipments.
For this exact prefix, the first octet is 00: its Group bit is 0 and its Local bit is 0. These bits are fixed for an exact literal prefix match. Changing either bit produces a different prefix; it does not describe variation within this assignment. RFC 7042 explains the Group and Local bit meanings and how MAC prefixes fit into identifiers.
The supplied record identifies the registrant as Acme Packet and indicates the United States. It provides no product, industry, website, or device-category evidence for this legal entity. A matching prefix establishes the registry assignment only; it cannot by itself identify a particular device, product, current legal identity, deployment, or security state.
- Registry assignment
- Acme Packet is the listed registrant for
00:08:25(MA-L). [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv - Device type
- Unknown; no device category is mapped to this exact prefix in the supplied evidence. [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Country
- United States, as indicated in the registry record. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Company
- Acme Packet [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix
00:08:25[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- United States [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device type
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Industry
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Notable products
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Website
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Related vendors
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv