MAC address vendor

Shenzhen Crave Communication Co., LTD MAC Prefixes

Primary prefix
F4:BC:97
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
Shenzhen Crave Communication is registered to MAC prefix F4:BC:97 and 2 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with F4:BC:97, that block was registered by Shenzhen Crave Communication — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
// analyst note
A match indicates an IEEE registry assignment only. Prefixes are 24, 24, and 28 bits long; their remaining suffix spaces contain 16,777,216, 16,777,216, and 1,048,576 possible values, respectively, not observed device or shipment counts. The first-byte Group and Local bits are both zero for each literal prefix; changing either bit yields a different prefix.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

Updated  ·  Confidence: Medium  ·  3 sources  ·  How this page is checked

A MAC address beginning with one of the listed prefixes matches an IEEE registry assignment to Shenzhen Crave Communication Co., LTD; it does not identify a particular device or product. The records list two MA-L assignments and one MA-M assignment under a similar company name. They do not establish whether those registrants belong to the same corporate group.

The prefixes are F4:BC:97 and 9C:DF:B1 (24 bits), plus BC:66:41:C/28 (28 bits). Their matching boundaries leave 24, 24, and 20 suffix bits respectively. Those suffix widths permit 16,777,216, 16,777,216, and 1,048,576 possible values; these are address-space counts, not device or shipment counts.

For each prefix, the first-byte Group and Local bits are both zero. RFC 7042 explains that these bits distinguish group and local address properties. A captured address matching a prefix supports identification of that registry assignment only; it does not establish deployment, traffic prevalence, current vendor identity, or security state. Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records.

Device category
Unknown
Product mapping
Unknown
Company
Shenzhen Crave Communication Co., LTD [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv; MA-M [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui28/mam.csv
Prefixes
F4:BC:97 and 9C:DF:B1 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv; BC:66:41:C/28 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui28/mam.csv
Country
China [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Assignment dates
Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records. [Unknown] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

3
// registered prefixes3
  1. F4:BC:97MA-L
  2. 9C:DF:B1MA-L
  3. BC:66:41:CMA-M
[ 03 ] — Related

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