Aftek Infosys Limited — 00:17:B3 (MA-L)

A MAC address starting with 00:17:B3 belongs to Aftek Infosys Limited, an IEEE-registered MA-L holder based in Pune, Maharashtra, India — most likely an embedded-systems and wireless-engineering firm rather than a mass-market device brand, though no source directly ties this prefix to a named product model.

The IEEE registration itself is a single MA-L block (00:17:B3), registered to "Aftek Infosys Limited" at Pawan Complex, Pune, Maharashtra, IN 411038. No second OUI block was found under this registrant name across the OUI, MAM, or OUI-36 registries, so the entry rests on one assignment rather than a multi-block footprint.

Separately, "Aftek Limited" is a real, exchange-listed Indian technology company founded in 1986 with a Pune R&D center focused on embedded systems and network computing — a location and focus that match the OUI registrant. This is a strong circumstantial link, but no source explicitly confirms "Aftek Infosys Limited" is that same company under an earlier name, so the identity link is tagged Likely rather than Confirmed.

Aftek's public service lines (application development, embedded/hardware engineering, and wireless systems spanning Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, ZigBee, and GPS) plausibly explain why an engineering firm would hold a network-hardware OUI, but no forum post, device fingerprint database, or captured-traffic report was found linking 00:17:B3 to a specific shipped product.

Vendor (IEEE registrant)

Aftek Infosys Limited [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registryB3

Registry / block

MA-L (single /24 block, 00:17:B3), no other block found under this name [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 0017B3

Registered address

Pawan Complex, Pune, Maharashtra, IN 411038 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registryB3

Device class

Likely embedded-systems / wireless-engineering hardware (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, ZigBee, GPS integration work), not a specific confirmed consumer product [Likely] — https://aftek.com/engineeringservices/wireless%20systems.shtml

Corporate identity link

IEEE registrant likely corresponds to present-day "Aftek Limited" (same Pune location, same embedded/wireless R&D focus, founded 1986, exchange-listed) but no source explicitly confirms the name history [Likely] — https://aftek.com/company/history.shtml, https://www.screener.in/company/AFTEK/

Registration date

Unknown — IEEE does not publish an assignment/registration date for MA-L blocks [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Security association

No CVE matching "Aftek" recorded in the NVD as of an August 2026 search, and no malware/threat-intel association found for the 00:17:B3 prefix in sources checked [Unknown] — (sourced negative; no CVE/threat-intel record found)

IEEE assignment

00:17:B3 → Aftek Infosys Limited, Pawan Complex, Pune, Maharashtra, IN 411038 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registryB3

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); single block found under this registrant name [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 0017B3, the IEEE MA-S registry

HQ / country

Pune, Maharashtra, India [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registryB3

Company status

Likely active — "Aftek Limited," believed to be the same or successor entity, is a currently exchange-listed Indian technology company [Likely] — https://www.screener.in/company/AFTEK/

Device types

embedded systems and wireless-integration engineering (Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, ZigBee, GPS), video analytics, Intelligent Transport Systems, smart-card systems [Likely] — https://aftek.com/engineeringservices/wireless%20systems.shtml

Notable products

none identified — no named shipped product tied to this prefix [Unknown]

Verified sample prefixes

00:17:B3 (only block found) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registryB3

Historic block

none found [Unknown]

Special note

entity identity between IEEE registrant "Aftek Infosys Limited" and present-day "Aftek Limited" is a strong circumstantial match (Pune address, embedded/wireless R&D focus) but not explicitly confirmed by any source found; treat the corporate-history link as Likely, not Confirmed

[Likely] — https://aftek.com/company/history.shtml

Related vendors

none identified

Analyst note

single-OUI registrant with a plausible but unconfirmed link to a real, identifiable engineering company; useful for narrowing a capture to an Indian embedded/wireless-systems vendor, but do not treat it as pinpointing a specific consumer device model

[Likely] — https://aftek.com/company/history.shtml