QTECH LLC MAC prefixes: device identity unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Qtech is registered to MAC prefix
00:1F:CEand 1 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:1F:CE, that block was registered by Qtech — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Both exact 24-bit prefixes have fixed Group and Local bits of zero. Each has 24 suffix bits, or 16,777,216 possible suffix values; that number is not an observed device or shipment count. A match indicates the registry assignment only.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning with 00:1F:CE or 08:C6:B3 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to the registry organization name QTECH LLC; the supplied records do not identify a device type. Both prefixes are listed under that organization name. The records identify the country as Russia. [IEEE OUI registry](https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv)
Each assignment is 24 bits long, leaving 24 bits for suffix values: 16,777,216 possible suffixes per prefix. This is a mathematical range, not a count of devices, shipments, or addresses observed in use. RFC 7042 describes the Group and Local bits in the first octet; for these exact prefixes, both bits are fixed at zero. [RFC 7042](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt)
A captured address matching either 24-bit prefix supports identifying the registry assignment. It does not establish a particular device, product, operating system, current vendor identity, or security state. Changing either first-octet bit changes the prefix, so the interpretation applies to exact matches only.
- Device class
- Unknown; the supplied records do not map either prefix to a device category.
- Identification limit
- A match identifies the registry assignment, not a specific device or product [Confirmed] — https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt
- Company
- QTECH LLC [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefixes
00:1F:CEand08:C6:B3[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- Russia [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Device types
- Unknown [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv