Sparnex n.v. MAC Prefixes: Vendor Identified, Device Unknown
Summary
- // what this is
- Sparnex n.v is registered to MAC prefix
88:60:76and 1 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with88:60:76, that block was registered by Sparnex n.v — 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 88:60:76 or 88:60:78 matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to Sparnex n.v.; that match identifies the registry assignee, not a device type. The supplied evidence does not map either prefix to a particular product or device category.
Sparnex’s company page describes a history in telecom satellite ground stations, broadband transmission, and network test and simulation equipment. It names the LSX 2025 copper-loop network simulator and describes broadband chipsets, but does not connect these products to the listed MAC prefixes.
Each assignment is 24 bits long, leaving 24 bits for the suffix: 16,777,216 possible suffix values per prefix. That is address-space capacity, not a count of devices or shipments. For both prefixes, the first-octet Group and Local bits are zero. An exact match is determined by the first 24 bits; changing either bit produces a different prefix. A captured match alone cannot establish a product, operating system, current vendor identity, or security state.
- Assigned prefixes
88:60:76and88:60:78[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Device category
- Unknown; no supplied source maps a device category to these exact prefixes.
- Company
- Sparnex n.v. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Registry
- MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
- Prefixes
88:60:76,88:60:78[Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv- Country
- Belgium [Confirmed] — https://sparnex.com/about/
- Industry
- Broadband transmission technology and network test and simulation equipment [Confirmed] — https://sparnex.com/about/
- Notable products
- LSX 2025 copper-loop network simulator; broadband transmission chipsets [Confirmed] — https://sparnex.com/about/
- Device types
- Unknown
- Website
- https://sparnex.com/about/ [Confirmed] — https://sparnex.com/about/
- Assignment dates
- Assignment dates are unavailable in these IEEE CSV records. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv