MAC address vendor

Alcatel North America MAC Prefix 00:0E:86 — Device Type Unknown

Primary prefix
00:0E:86
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
Alcatel North America is registered to MAC prefix 00:0E:86 in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with 00:0E:86, that block was registered by Alcatel North America — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
// analyst note
The 24-bit prefix fixes the first 24 bits; the remaining 24 bits have 16,777,216 possible suffix values. In the first byte 00, the Group bit (01) and Local bit (02) are both zero. Turning either bit on changes the literal prefix. Possible suffix values do not indicate an actual device or shipment count. A match indicates a registry assignment, not a particular device or security state.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

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

A MAC address beginning with 00:0E:86 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to Alcatel North America; the assigned prefix alone does not identify a device type. The supplied records contain no device-category mapping or company product information for this legal entity.

The assignment is 24 bits long, so a match requires the first three bytes 00:0E:86. The remaining 24 bits allow 16,777,216 possible suffix values. That is a count of possible address suffixes, not a count of devices or shipments.

For this exact prefix, the first-byte Group bit and Local bit are both zero. Changing either bit changes the prefix and therefore no longer matches this literal assignment. RFC 7042 describes the significance of these bits and how MAC identifiers use assigned prefixes; a match indicates a registry assignment, not a specific product, current company identity, deployment, or security state.

Registry assignment
Alcatel North America — 00:0E:86 (MA-L).
Device identification
Device type unknown; the assignment does not map this prefix to a device category.
Matching boundary
The first 24 bits must be 00:0E:86; the final 24 bits may take 16,777,216 possible values.
Company
Alcatel North America [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Prefix
00:0E:86 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device type
Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
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.

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  1. 00:0E:86MA-L
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