MAC address vendor

Akara Canada, Inc. — MAC prefix identification

Primary prefix
00:03:E9
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
Akara Canada is registered to MAC prefix 00:03:E9 in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with 00:03:E9, that block was registered by Akara Canada — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

Updated  ·  Confidence: High  ·  2 sources  ·  How this page is checked

A MAC address beginning with 00:03:E9 is registered to Akara Canada, Inc.; the supplied evidence does not identify a device category or product associated with this prefix. The IEEE record lists the company in Canada and assigns it one MA-L prefix.

The prefix covers the first 24 bits of a 48-bit MAC address, leaving 24 bits for suffix values: 16,777,216 possible values. This is a mathematical address-space count, not a count of devices, shipments, or observed addresses. RFC 7042 explains that MAC prefixes may be 24 bits or longer and that their remaining bits complete the 48-bit identifier.

For this exact prefix, the first octet is 00: its Group bit and Local bit are both zero. The prefix therefore has fixed values for those bits. Changing either bit produces a different prefix; variation in the remaining 24 bits does not change the assignment. A matching address supports identification of the registered prefix only, not a particular device, product, deployment, or security status.

Assigned prefix
00:03:E9 (MA-L, 24 bits) [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Company
Akara Canada, Inc. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Prefixes
00:03:E9 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Total prefix count
1 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Country
Canada [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device types
Unknown [Unknown]
Notable products
Unknown [Unknown]
Industry
Unknown [Unknown]
Website
Unknown [Unknown]
Organization status
Unknown [Unknown]
Related vendors
Unknown [Unknown]
Historic prefix
Unknown [Unknown]
Assignment dates
Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

1
// registered prefixes1
  1. 00:03:E9MA-L
[ 03 ] — Related

Keep digging.