Cameo Communications, Inc. — 3 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning with 18:17:25, 00:18:E7, or 00:40:F4 belongs to Cameo Communications, Inc., a Taiwan-based networking-equipment manufacturer, typically seen on Layer 2 managed Ethernet switches, wireless client adapters, wireless APs/routers, and other SOHO or OEM networking gear.

Cameo Communications is a Taiwan Stock Exchange-listed company (TWSE: 6142), founded 1991, headquartered in the Neihu district of Taipei with manufacturing operations in Tainan. Reported revenue runs roughly US$58M-81M depending on the source and fiscal year. The company holds three distinct IEEE MA-L OUI assignments, which corroborates an active, ongoing manufacturer rather than a single bare registration.

Cameo operates primarily as an OEM/ODM supplier to systems integrators, distributors, and VARs across the US, Pacific Rim, and Europe. That means devices carrying these OUIs may ship rebadged under other brand names — normal OEM practice, not itself a red flag for the device's identity or trustworthiness.

IEEE's public OUI data lists three MA-L blocks for "Cameo Communications, Inc." / "CAMEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.": 18:17:25 and 00:18:E7 registered to Taipei addresses, and 00:40:F4 registered to a Nashua, NH, US address. IEEE publishes no assignment or registration dates for any of these; any "date registered" shown by third-party lookup tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.

One caution for anyone researching this vendor: a separate company, CAMEON S.A. of Loire-Atlantique, France, holds an unrelated MA-S/oui36 block (70:B3:D5:23:5x). Despite the near-identical name, CAMEON S.A. is not affiliated with Cameo Communications, Inc. and is excluded from this entry.

A light search for CVEs or vendor security advisories under "Cameo Communications" returned no results in this pass. That should be read as no findings from this research, not as a clean bill of health — a single search pass is not exhaustive, and OEM-rebadged devices may be reported under reseller brand names rather than "Cameo."

IEEE assignments

18:17:25, 00:18:E7, 00:40:F4 → Cameo Communications, Inc., registered Taipei, TW (00:40:F4 registered address Nashua, NH, US) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (IEEE MA-L)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI) x3; 3 confirmed IEEE MA-L prefixes for this company [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

HQ / country

No. 276, Sinhu 1st Rd., Neihu District, Taipei, TW 114 (registry also lists NO.42, Sec. 6, Mincyuan E. Rd., Taipei) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L; Taipei HQ / Tainan manufacturing [Confirmed] — cameo.com.tw

Company status

active, publicly traded (TWSE: 6142), founded 1991 [Confirmed] — cameo.com.tw, finance.yahoo.com, stockanalysis.com

Device types

Layer 2 managed Ethernet switches, wireless client adapters, wireless APs/routers, SOHO routers, media converters, USB-to-Ethernet converters, NICs/hubs, residential gateways/broadband CPE [Likely] — cameo.com.tw

Business model

OEM/ODM for systems integrators, distributors, VARs in US, Pacific Rim, Europe; devices may ship rebadged under other brand names [Likely] — cameo.com.tw, finance.yahoo.com

Revenue

approximately US$58M-81M (source/year dependent) [Likely] — finance.yahoo.com, stockanalysis.com

Verified sample prefixes (all MA-L, Cameo Communications, Inc.)

18:17:25, 00:18:E7, 00:40:F4 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Unrelated block caution

70:B3:D5:23:5x (oui36/MA-S) → "CAMEON S.A.", 3 rue de la Bavière, La Chapelle sur Erdre, Loire-Atlantique, FR 44240 — a distinct French company, not affiliated with Cameo Communications, Inc.; excluded from this entry [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-S registry

Security context

no CVEs or vendor advisories found in this research pass; treated as no findings, not a clean bill of health [Unknown] — no source (absence of findings, single search pass)

Related vendors

none identified [Unknown]

Analyst note

multi-OUI, publicly-traded, decades-operating OEM/ODM manufacturer with a coherent product line — sufficient verifiable substance beyond the bare IEEE registration to finalize as a populated vendor entry.