SBE, Inc. — 3 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address starting with 00:A0:D6, 00:60:99, or 00:00:D2 belongs to SBE, Inc., a San Ramon, California networking-hardware company whose gear spanned WAN interface adapter cards, Ethernet/SCSI adapters, and later iSCSI host bus adapters and storage-networking software.

SBE registered these three MA-L blocks under two San Ramon addresses over its history — 4550 North Canyon Road for 00:00:D2, and 4000 Executive Parkway for 00:A0:D6 and 00:60:99. It traded publicly as SBEI (SEC CIK 0000087050) and is independently documented in SEC EDGAR filings, a Dun & Bradstreet company profile, and a federal-contractor registry, all agreeing on name, city, and business line.

The company grew through acquisition: LAN Media Corporation (WAN connectivity adapters) in July 2000, Antares Microsystems (Ethernet/SCSI products) in August 2003, and PyX Technologies (iSCSI software) in July 2005, which pivoted SBE toward IP storage networking. Neonode acquired SBE in August 2007, and it has not operated as an independent company since.

No live device-fingerprint corroboration (a forum thread or lab capture naming a specific model against one of these three MACs) was found — expected for hardware this old from a company that no longer exists. IEEE publishes no registration date for any MAC/OUI assignment, so none is asserted here. One third-party aggregator (not IEEE) was seen labeling 00:00:D2 as Allied Telesis and 00:60:99 as LAN Media Corporation rather than SBE — plausibly a pre-acquisition or stale scrape, not independently confirmed against IEEE's own site.

IEEE assignment

3 prefixes → SBE, Inc. / SBE, INC. [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A0D6, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099, the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); 3 IEEE prefixes, no consolidated third-party count published for this vendor [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A0D6, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099, the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2

HQ / country

4000 Executive Parkway, San Ramon, CA 94583, US (00:A0:D6, 00:60:99); 4550 North Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583, US (00:00:D2) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A0D6, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099, the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2

Company status

defunct — acquired by Neonode, closed August 2007 [Confirmed] — https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NEONODE-INC-NEW-10746/news/Sbe-Inc-SBE-and-Neonode-Announce-Execution-of-Merger-Agreement-279315/

Device types

WAN interface adapter cards (T1/E1 and high-speed WAN connectivity), Ethernet/SCSI adapters, iSCSI host bus adapters and storage-networking software [Likely] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000087050/000114420405023183/v022655_ex99-1.txt, http://www.elliottstewart.com/portfolio/sbesite1/071400.htm

Notable products

LAN Media Corporation WAN adapters (acquired), Antares Microsystems Ethernet/SCSI products (acquired), PyX Technologies iSCSI software (acquired) [Confirmed] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000087050/000114420403004530/doc2.txt, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000087050/000114420405008936/v015047_ex99-1.txt

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

00:A0:D6, 00:60:99, 00:00:D2 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A0D6, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099, the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2

Registration date note

IEEE's public OUI data (the IEEE MA-L registry: Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address) publishes no assignment/registration date for any prefix; no date is asserted for these three blocks

[Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 00A0D6, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099, the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2

Corporate history dates (not OUI-assignment dates)

LAN Media Corporation acquired July 2000; Antares Microsystems acquired August 2003; PyX Technologies acquisition closed July 2005; Neonode acquisition closed August 2007 [Confirmed] — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000087050/000091205701003268/a2036429z10-k405.txt, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000087050/000114420405023183/v022655_ex99-1.txt, https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NEONODE-INC-NEW-10746/news/Sbe-Inc-SBE-and-Neonode-Announce-Execution-of-Merger-Agreement-279315/

Third-party discrepancy

one non-IEEE MAC-lookup aggregator attributes 00:00:D2 to Allied Telesis/Allied Telesyn and 00:60:99 to LAN Media Corporation rather than SBE; the repo's IEEE MA-L registry snapshot lists both under SBE, Inc. with matching San Ramon, CA addresses [Likely — flagged for future registry-refresh double-check] — the IEEE MA-L registry 0000D2, the IEEE MA-L registry 006099

Security context

no SBE-, PyX-, or Antares-specific CVE or advisory found; reported as no findings, not as a clean bill of health for ~20-year-old enterprise hardware [Unknown]

Analyst note

three MA-L assignments to a single, independently-documented public company (SEC CIK 0000087050) with a traceable ~1980s–2007 product and acquisition history in WAN and iSCSI storage hardware is genuine company substance, not a bare single-OUI shell — but the company is defunct and no live device-fingerprint match was found, so treat identification as vendor-of-origin, not proof of an active device on today's network.