Proxim Wireless — 2 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning 00:20:A6 or 04:F5:F4 identifies hardware built by Proxim Wireless, a San Jose, California maker of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul radios and outdoor Wi-Fi access points. Both blocks are full MA-L (/24) assignments registered to the same company at the same address, which is itself a signal of an established vendor rather than a shell registrant.

Proxim's roots trace to Proxim Corporation, founded in 1984 in Mountain View, CA, an early WLAN pioneer (RangeLAN, 2.4GHz WLAN cards) that acquired Western Multiplex and Agere's ORiNOCO wireless line in 2002. The company filed Chapter 11 in June 2005 and was acquired by Terabeam Inc. that year; Terabeam renamed itself Proxim Wireless Corporation in September 2007.

As of an August 2026 check, proxim.com is live, headquartered in San Jose, and brands itself "AN SRA COMPANY" — a different parent than the Terabeam lineage described on Wikipedia, so a later ownership change may not be reflected there; both accounts are cited separately rather than reconciled.

Current products span four lines per the company's own site: point-to-point backhaul radios, point-to-multipoint aggregation radios, outdoor Wi-Fi access points, and network planning/management tools. Named families include ORiNOCO (Wi-Fi access points, e.g. the AP-9200R) and Tsunami (microwave backhaul, e.g. the MP.11 2411).

Two device-specific CVEs are recorded in the NVD as of an August 2026 search, both against Tsunami MP.11 2411 firmware 3.0.3: a default SNMP read/write community string of "public" (CVE-2008-5866, CVSSv2 10.0) and a reflected XSS via the sysName SNMP OID (CVE-2008-5869, CVSSv2 4.3). No CVE naming the ORiNOCO Wi-Fi line is recorded as of the same search.

Device class

Wireless networking infrastructure — point-to-point/point-to-multipoint backhaul radios and outdoor Wi-Fi access points

Product families

ORiNOCO (Wi-Fi access points) and Tsunami (microwave backhaul radios)

Registered blocks

00:20:A6 and 04:F5:F4, both full MA-L (/24) assignments

Company status

Active as of an August 2026 check; site live at proxim.com, currently self-branded "AN SRA COMPANY"

Also seen on

Wireshark manufacturer database lists both prefixes as "ProximWirele" (third-party corroboration only, not an IEEE fact)

Known vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5866 and CVE-2008-5869, both against the Tsunami MP.11 2411 radio

IEEE assignment

2 prefixes → Proxim Wireless, registered San Jose, CA, US [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (0020A6, 04F5F4)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); holds 2 IEEE prefixes. NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes NO assignment/registration date; any "date registered" on third-party tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact. [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

HQ / country

2114 Ringwood Ave, San Jose, CA 95131, US (registry address; matches the company's current self-reported San Jose HQ) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry; proxim.com

Company status

active [Confirmed] — proxim.com (checked August 2026)

Device types

point-to-point backhaul radios, point-to-multipoint aggregation radios, outdoor Wi-Fi access points, network planning/management tools [Confirmed] — proxim.com

Notable products

ORiNOCO AP-9200R (outdoor Wi-Fi 5 access point), Tsunami MP.11 2411 (P2P/P2MP microwave backhaul) [Confirmed] — proxim.com

Verified sample prefixes (both MA-L, Proxim Wireless)

00:20:A6, 04:F5:F4 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Third-party corroboration

Wireshark manufacturer database lists both prefixes as "ProximWirele" / "Proxim Wireless" [Confirmed, third-party not IEEE] — the Wireshark manufacturer database

Corporate history

Proxim Corporation founded 1984 (Mountain View, CA); acquired Western Multiplex and Agere's ORiNOCO line (2002); filed Chapter 11 (June 2005); acquired by Terabeam Inc. (2005); Terabeam renamed itself Proxim Wireless Corporation (September 2007); currently self-branded "AN SRA COMPANY"

[Confirmed] — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxim_Wireless; proxim.com

Known vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5866 (default SNMP read/write community string "public", CVSSv2 10.0 HIGH), CVE-2008-5869 (reflected XSS via the SNMP sysName OID, CVSSv2 4.3 MEDIUM) — both against Tsunami MP.11 2411 firmware 3.0.3; no CVE names the ORiNOCO line as of an August 2026 search

[Confirmed] — nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2008-5866, CVE-2008-5869)

Related vendors

none verified [Unknown]

Analyst note

Both 00:20:A6 and 04:F5:F4 are full, unshared MA-L blocks registered solely to Proxim Wireless, so a MAC in either range attributes directly to the company; check device context to distinguish the ORiNOCO Wi-Fi line from the Tsunami backhaul line rather than assuming one product family from the OUI alone.