AETEK INC. — 68:8D:B6 (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning 68:8D:B6 belongs to AETEK INC., a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) networking equipment for IP video surveillance. The prefix is typically seen on managed and unmanaged PoE switches, PoE injectors, extenders and splitters, media converters, PoE surge protectors, and camera housings that carry the AETEK brand.

AETEK holds exactly one IEEE registration: the MA-L (24-bit OUI) block 68:8D:B6, registered to "AETEK INC." at an address in Chung-Ho, New Taipei City, Taiwan. No second AETEK block appears under MA-M or MA-S in the IEEE registries checked, so this single /24 covers the vendor's entire public MAC allocation.

Although AETEK holds only one OUI, it is not a bare or unverifiable registration. The company operates an active corporate site, is listed in Taiwantrade and D&B business directories, and maintains named integration partnerships with video management system vendors including Milestone XProtect, Genetec, and Network Optix, plus hardware makers Hanwha and Axis. Product literature frames the line around IEEE 802.3bt high-power PoE and NDAA/TAA compliance for the security-camera market.

No CVE tied to AETEK products is recorded in the NVD as of an August 2026 search, and no malware, abuse, or security-advisory reports surfaced for the vendor or its product line in vendor documentation or general web search.

Device class

PoE networking equipment for IP video surveillance (switches, injectors, extenders, splitters, media converters, surge protectors, camera housings)

Registrant

AETEK INC. (IEEE MA-L, 68:8D:B6)

Registry class

MA-L (24-bit OUI, single /24 block)

Also seen on

integrations with Milestone XProtect, Genetec, Network Optix, Hanwha, and Axis video systems (aetektec.com)

IEEE assignment

68:8D:B6 → AETEK INC. [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 688DB6

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); one block found, no MA-M or MA-S assignments for this vendor [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry

HQ / country

3F, No.192, Lien-Cheng Rd., Chung-Ho, New Taipei City, TW 23553 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 688DB6

Company status

active [Confirmed] — https://www.aetektec.com/

Device types

PoE switches, PoE injectors/extenders/splitters, media converters, PoE surge protectors, camera housings [Confirmed] — https://www.aetektec.com/Product

Notable products

PoE networking equipment for IP video surveillance, incl. outdoor IP67/IK10-rated and ceiling-mount PoE switches [Confirmed] — https://www.aetektec.com/

Third-party date caveat

a third-party aggregator (uic.io) shows a "registered 21 February 2017" style date for this prefix; IEEE does not publish OUI assignment dates, so this is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact and is not attributed to IEEE here [Confirmed] — https://uic.io/en/mac/address/688db6/

Related vendors / integrations

Milestone XProtect, Genetec, Network Optix, Hanwha, Axis (named partner/integration listings) [Confirmed] — https://www.genetec.com/partners/partner-integration-hub/aetek, https://www.aetektec.com/

Security context

no CVE recorded in the NVD as of an August 2026 search [Likely] — NVD search (no matching record found)

Analyst note

68:8D:B6 is a single, ordinary MA-L /24 assigned to AETEK INC.; it is not one of the large shared IEEE-RA bases subdivided among unrelated registrants, so MACs beginning 68:8D:B6 can be attributed to AETEK INC. directly [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 688DB6