Alcatel Microelectronics MAC Prefix: Vendor Identified, Device Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Alcatel Microelectronics is registered to MAC prefix
00:08:9Ain the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:08:9A, that block was registered by Alcatel Microelectronics — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- An exact first-three-octet match indicates this MA-L registry assignment; it does not establish deployment, product, device type, prevalence, current operator, or safety. For this 24-bit prefix, the Group and Local bits in the first byte are both fixed at zero; changing either bit produces a different prefix. The remaining 24 bits allow 16,777,216 possible suffix values, not an observed device or shipment count. RFC 7042 describes EUI-48/OUI structure and Group and Local bit significance.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning 00:08:9A matches an IEEE MA-L assignment registered to Alcatel Microelectronics; the assigned prefix does not identify a specific device or product. The supplied records establish the registrant and prefix only. They provide no independent company product, industry, or website information, and no evidence linking a device category or product to this prefix.
00:08:9A fixes the first 24 bits of a 48-bit MAC address, leaving 24 suffix bits and 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is a count of possible values, not a count of devices or shipments. The first-byte Group and Local bits are both zero for this exact prefix. Setting either bit changes the prefix, so addresses with those bits changed do not exactly match this assignment.
For identification, compare the first three octets exactly and treat the result as evidence of a registry assignment only. A match cannot establish who deployed or currently operates an address, what hardware or software it uses, how common it is, or whether it is safe. RFC 7042 explains the structure of 48-bit MAC identifiers, OUI prefixes, and the significance of Group and Local bits.
- Registry and full prefix
- MA-L —
00:08:9A[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv - Device category
- Unknown; the supplied evidence does not map a device category to this exact prefix [Unknown]