MAC address vendor

Alcatel Alenia Space Italia: MAC prefix 00:15:3F identifies an IEEE registry assignment

Primary prefix
00:15:3F
Block
MA-L

Summary

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Alcatel Alenia Space Italia is registered to MAC prefix 00:15:3F in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with 00:15:3F, that block was registered by Alcatel Alenia Space Italia — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
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00:15:3F is a 24-bit prefix with 24 suffix bits (16,777,216 possible suffix values). The first octet 00 has Group bit 0 and Local bit 0. These bits are fixed for an exact literal prefix match; toggling either creates a different prefix. Possible suffix values are not a device or shipment count.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

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

A MAC address beginning with 00:15:3F matches the IEEE MA-L assignment to Alcatel Alenia Space Italia. The record identifies the organization holding the prefix; it does not establish which device, product, or vendor currently uses a matching address.

This is a 24-bit prefix, leaving 24 bits, or 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is the size of the address space beneath this prefix, not a count of devices made, shipped, or observed.

The first octet is 00, so the Group and Local bits are both zero. RFC 7042 states that the Local bit is zero in assigned OUIs and longer MAC prefixes, while the Group bit is unspecified. A captured match supports the registry attribution only.

Registry match
Alcatel Alenia Space Italia — MA-L assignment 00:15:3F [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device or product
Not established for this exact prefix [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Address interpretation
24-bit prefix; 24 suffix bits, allowing 16,777,216 possible suffix values [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
First-octet bits
Group bit 0 and Local bit 0 for 00; toggling either changes the prefix [Confirmed] — https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt
Company
Alcatel Alenia Space Italia [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Prefix
00:15:3F [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Total prefixes
1 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Country
Italy [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device types
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Notable products
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Industry
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Website
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Organization status
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Historic prefix
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

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  1. 00:15:3FMA-L
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