Aurora Networks — 2 prefixes (MA-L)

Aurora Networks holds two IEEE MA-L OUI blocks — 00:14:82 and 00:07:9B — both registered to "Aurora Networks" in Santa Clara, California, at two distinct addresses (5400 Betsy Ross Drive and 2803 Mission College Blvd.), a pattern consistent with a company that relocated or expanded across registration eras. Aurora Networks, Inc. was a real Santa Clara hardware vendor founded in 1999 that built RF-over-fiber and HFC (hybrid fiber-coax) optical transport gear for cable-TV operators: optical nodes, transmitters, receivers, EDFA amplifiers, and other outside-plant access equipment. The company was venture-backed and was acquired by Pace plc for $310M in a deal announced in 2013 (closed early 2014). The "Aurora Networks" name persisted afterward as a product line and division inside Pace, then ARRIS, then CommScope, which has continued selling HFC access hardware (optical node platforms, EDFA amplifiers, and more recently virtual CMTS) under the Aurora Networks brand. The practical read: a MAC match on either prefix indicates cable-operator/ISP outside-plant HFC hardware, not a consumer end-user device — so treat it as carrier-grade CATV plant equipment for asset classification. Two IEEE-registered blocks plus a documented corporate history put this well beyond a bare single-OUI shell registration.

IEEE assignment

2 prefixes → "Aurora Networks", registered Santa Clara, CA, US [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Verified prefixes (both MA-L, "Aurora Networks")

00:14:82 (5400 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054, US) and 00:07:9B (2803 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054, US) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L; 00:14:82 corroborated at https://maclookup.app/macaddress/001482

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); 2 IEEE prefixes; no MA-M or MA-S (oui36) blocks match this registrant name [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry

HQ / country

Santa Clara, CA, US (two registry addresses on file, see prefixes) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Company status

Aurora Networks, Inc. no longer an independent company; acquired by Pace plc for $310M (announced 2013, closed ~Jan 2014); brand now a product line under CommScope (via Pace → ARRIS → CommScope) [Likely] — https://www.ta.com/portfolio/investments/aurora-networks-inc/, https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/commscope-goes-back-to-the-future-with-aurora-networks-rebrand

Founded

1999 [Likely] — https://tracxn.com/d/companies/aurora-networks, https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/42867-73 (single-angle corroboration; company-history detail, not an IEEE fact)

Device types

HFC/CATV outside-plant access hardware — optical nodes, RF/fiber transmitters and receivers, EDFA amplifiers; more recently virtual CMTS under CommScope [Likely] — https://www.commscope.com/product-type/broadband-access-network-systems/optical-hubs-nodes-passives/optical-node-platforms/nc4000/, https://www.commscope.com/product-type/broadband-access-network-systems/cable-headend-optics-platforms/optical-amplifiers/ch3000-edfa/

Notable products / lineage

"Aurora Networks" HFC access line continued under CommScope (e.g. NC4000 optical nodes, CH3000 EDFA amplifiers) [Likely] — CommScope product pages (above), https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/commscope-goes-back-to-the-future-with-aurora-networks-rebrand

Industry

cable/CATV broadband access network equipment (carrier-grade, not consumer) [Confirmed] — CommScope HFC-access product pages

No IEEE date

IEEE's public OUI data (the IEEE MA-L registry columns: Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address) publishes NO assignment/registration date; any "date registered" on a third-party MAC-lookup tool is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact. Company-history dates (founded 1999, Pace acquisition 2013/2014) are corporate facts, NOT OUI registration dates, and must not be conflated.

[Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

IANA reference

Not applicable — the IANA Reference column belongs to the port registry, not the OUI/MAC registry. Left blank. [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Security context

No CVEs, advisories, or abuse reports surfaced in this pass; the product category (carrier outside-plant HFC optical equipment) is not typically end-user internet-facing. Not exhaustively checked against NVD. [Unknown]

Analyst note

A MAC match on 00:14:82 or 00:07:9B indicates Aurora Networks / CommScope cable-plant HFC hardware, i.e. ISP/cable-operator outside-plant equipment — not a consumer device.