00:06:96 identifies an Advent Networks registry assignment; device unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Advent Networks is registered to MAC prefix
00:06:96in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:06:96, that block was registered by Advent Networks — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- The
00:06:96prefix is 24 bits; the first octet00has Group bit 0 and Local bit 0. The remaining 24 bits permit 16,777,216 possible suffix values, which is not an actual device or shipment count. A match indicates the registry assignment, not a specific device or deployment.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 00:06:96 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to Advent Networks. The supplied records do not identify a device category or show which devices, if any, use addresses from this prefix. A match identifies the registry assignment; it does not establish a specific device, operating system, current vendor identity, or security state.
This is a 24-bit prefix, so matching requires the first three octets, 00:06:96; the remaining 24 bits allow 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is a mathematical range, not a count of devices or shipments. The first octet is 00: its Group bit and Local bit are both zero. Turning either bit on changes the literal prefix, so it no longer matches this exact assignment.
RFC 7042 describes the Group and Local bits and the structure of 48-bit MAC identifiers. The supplied IEEE CSV record has no assignment date. The available evidence supports no product or device mapping for this prefix.
- Device identification
- Unknown; the supplied evidence does not map a device category to this prefix [Unknown]
- Matching boundary
- First 24 bits; 24 suffix bits remain [Confirmed]
- First-octet bits
- Group bit 0; Local bit 0 [Confirmed]
- Company
- Advent Networks [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix
00:06:96[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- US [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Assignment date
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device category
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv