Aginode Germany GmbH — 00:C0:29 (MA-L)

A MAC address starting with 00:C0:29 belongs to Aginode Germany GmbH, typically seen on managed Ethernet switches and structured/fiber cabling hardware from the company's Mönchengladbach manufacturing site. The block is a single MA-L (24-bit OUI) registration, not a large multi-prefix vendor footprint.

Aginode is the LAN/Data-Center and Telecom/FTTx hardware division spun off from Nexans SA in a 2023 acquisition by Syntagma Capital. The Mönchengladbach facility tied to this OUI record was formerly Nexans Deutschland GmbH's "Advanced Networking Solutions" (ANS) division, and a third-party historical record still lists the same 00:C0:29 prefix under that predecessor name.

Product corroboration points to real device substance rather than a bare registration: the ANS/Aginode site has shipped LANactive/FTTO (Fibre-To-The-Office) managed switches — including the "DICE" 10G switch that won a 2021 Red Dot Award — plus industrial WINDLINK switches and LANmark structured cabling. Device manuals for this hardware line are hosted under the same corporate lineage.

One sourced security advisory exists for this hardware family, published under the pre-rebrand "Nexans" name: SEC Consult's CVE-2022-32985 (2022-06-15) documents a hardcoded root account and multiple outdated bundled components in the Nexans FTTO GigaSwitch series, with a firmware fix (V6.02N/V7.02) available. No advisory has been published specifically under the "Aginode" brand name as of an August 2026 search.

Device class

Managed Ethernet switches (LANactive/FTTO family) and structured/fiber cabling hardware [Confirmed] — https://www.nexans.de/eservice/Germany-de_DE/navigate_321722/LANactive.html, https://www.presse-lexikon.de/2021/04/23/nexans-neuer-lanactive-10g-switch-dice-gewinnt-red-dot-award/

Registrant

Aginode Germany GmbH, Am Hockeypark 10, 41179 Mönchengladbach, Germany [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00C029

Predecessor entity

Nexans Deutschland GmbH — ANS (same 00:C0:29 prefix under prior corporate name) [Confirmed] — https://www.codevelop.art/mac/00-c0-29/nexans-deutschland-gmbh-ans.html

Corporate lineage

Spun off from Nexans SA to Syntagma Capital in a 2023 acquisition [Confirmed] — https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231102247270/en/SYNTAGMA-CAPITAL-Completes-the-Acquisition-of-Aginode-the-LANData-Center-LANDC-and-TelecomFibre-FTTx-Division-of-Nexans-SA-Euronext-Paris-NEX

Known vulnerability (predecessor brand)

CVE-2022-32985 — hardcoded root account, Nexans FTTO GigaSwitch series, fixed in firmware V6.02N/V7.02 [Confirmed] — https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/hardcoded-backdoor-user-outdated-software-components-nexans-ftto-gigaswitch/

IEEE assignment

00:C0:29 → Aginode Germany GmbH, registered Mönchengladbach, DE [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00C029

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); single confirmed assignment [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00C029. IEEE's public OUI data publishes no assignment/registration date; any "date registered" shown on third-party lookup tools (e.g. maclookup.app's "22 April 1998" / "03 January 2025") is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.

HQ / country

Am Hockeypark 10, 41179 Mönchengladbach, DE [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00C029

Company status

active, operating as Aginode Germany GmbH since the 2023 Nexans spinoff [Confirmed] — https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231102247270/en/SYNTAGMA-CAPITAL-Completes-the-Acquisition-of-Aginode-the-LANData-Center-LANDC-and-TelecomFibre-FTTx-Division-of-Nexans-SA-Euronext-Paris-NEX

Device types

managed Ethernet switches (LANactive/FTTO, WINDLINK), structured/fiber cabling (LANmark), FTTx hardware [Confirmed/Likely] — https://www.nexans.de/eservice/Germany-de_DE/navigate_321722/LANactive.html, https://www.aginode.net/

Notable products

LANactive DICE 10G switch (2021 Red Dot Award) [Confirmed] — https://www.presse-lexikon.de/2021/04/23/nexans-neuer-lanactive-10g-switch-dice-gewinnt-red-dot-award/

Verified sample prefix

00:C0:29 (only OUI confirmed for this registrant; a second-source lookup for additional blocks returned an unusable HTTP 521 error, so no further prefixes are claimed) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00C029, https://maclookup.app/macaddress/00c029

Predecessor record

same prefix 00:C0:29 listed historically under "Nexans Deutschland GmbH - ANS" [Confirmed] — https://www.codevelop.art/mac/00-c0-29/nexans-deutschland-gmbh-ans.html

Security note

CVE-2022-32985 (hardcoded root/backdoor account, outdated bundled components) documented for the Nexans FTTO GigaSwitch series; no advisory found under the Aginode brand name as of an August 2026 search [Confirmed] — https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/hardcoded-backdoor-user-outdated-software-components-nexans-ftto-gigaswitch/

Related vendors

Nexans SA (former parent; predecessor OUI holder under the "ANS" division name)

Analyst note

00:C0:29 identifies Aginode Germany GmbH hardware specifically at the confirmed prefix; it is a single-OUI registration, so absence of this exact prefix says nothing about other Nexans/Aginode business units.