Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. MAC Prefix Identification
Summary
- // what this is
- Panasonic Electric Works is registered to MAC prefix
00:50:40and 1 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:50:40, that block was registered by Panasonic Electric Works — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning with 00:50:40 or 00:C0:8F matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.; the records do not identify a device type. The assignments are three octets (24 bits) long, leaving 24 bits for the suffix. Each therefore allows 16,777,216 possible suffix values, which is not a count of devices or shipments.
In both prefixes, the first octet is 00: its Group bit (bit 0) and Local bit (bit 1) are clear. The RFC describes these bits as identifying group versus individual and globally versus locally administered address semantics. For an exact literal match, those bits are fixed; changing either bit produces a different prefix. A match establishes the listed registry assignment, not a particular product, deployment, or current device identity.
The company describes its business as producing and selling electrical equipment, lighting products, energy-related devices, and building solutions. It also reported completing the transfer of its power tools business to Makita on September 1, 2026; that company-level information does not map any listed product to these prefixes. Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records.
- Vendor match
- Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. — registry assignment match only [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device type
- Not established for these prefixes [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefix lengths
- Both are MA-L /24 assignments, with 24 suffix bits each [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Address interpretation
- Group and Local bits are clear in the first octet
00; exact prefix matches fix those bits [Confirmed] — https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt - Power tools transfer
- Company release says the transfer to Makita was completed September 1, 2026 [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Company
- Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefixes
00:50:40,00:C0:8F[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Device types
- Not established for these exact prefixes [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Industry
- Electrical equipment, lighting, energy-related devices, and building solutions [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Notable products
- Electrical equipment, lighting products, energy-related devices, and solutions for buildings [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Related vendors
- Makita Corporation, in the context of the completed power tools business transfer [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Country
- Japan [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Website
- https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3 [Confirmed] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Organization status
- Not established by the supplied records [Unknown] — https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en260901-3
- Historic prefix
- Not established [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