Aipon Electronics Co., Ltd: MAC prefix identifies a registry assignment
Summary
- // what this is
- Aipon Electronics is registered to MAC prefix
04:4A:C6in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with04:4A:C6, that block was registered by Aipon Electronics — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- A prefix match establishes a registry assignment match, not a particular device, deployment, or current legal identity. This 24-bit prefix leaves 24 bits for 16,777,216 possible suffix values; that is not an observed device or shipment count. For the exact prefix, the first-byte Group and Local bits are both zero; changing either bit produces a different prefix.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 04:4A:C6 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment registered to Aipon Electronics Co., Ltd. This identifies the recorded assignee for the prefix; it does not identify a particular device or establish that the address is currently deployed by the company.
The assignment is 24 bits long, leaving 24 bits for suffix values: 16,777,216 possible values. That is a mathematical address space, not a count of devices, shipments, or observed traffic. The exact match boundary is the first three octets, 04:4A:C6.
For this prefix, the first byte is 04; the Group bit and Local bit are both zero, as indicated by the supplied address interpretation. These bit values are fixed for an exact literal prefix match. RFC 7042 describes the Group bit as distinguishing group from individual addresses. The supplied IEEE registry record lists Aipon Electronics Co., Ltd and an address ending in CN 523-710 [Confirmed].
- Matching prefix
04:4A:C6(24-bit MA-L assignment) [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- What a match establishes
- The address matches a registry assignment listed for Aipon Electronics Co., Ltd; it does not establish a particular device or deployment [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Company
- Aipon Electronics Co., Ltd [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix
04:4A:C6[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- China [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device category
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv