MA-L: a full /24 OUI block, IEEE's largest, covering 16,777,216 addresses.
Prefix00:00:97:00:00:00 /24
Vendor address176 South Street Hopkinton MA US 01748
Country🇺🇸 United States
RegisteredSep 25, 1998
Block range00:00:97:00:00:00– 00:00:97:FF:FF:FF
Address capacity16,777,216
AdministrationUniversally administered: its prefix comes from a block registered through the IEEE Registration Authority
TransmissionUnicast: addressed to a single device
SourceIEEE Registration Authority
Address capacity is the size of this registered block, not a count of devices actually manufactured or online. Registration identifies the organization holding the block, not a specific device model or unit.
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Ownership timeline
- Sep 25, 1998 – Apr 9, 2007 EPOCH SYSTEMS name changedaddress changed
- Apr 9, 2007 – Jul 27, 2017 EMC Corporation name changedaddress changed
- Jul 27, 2017 – present Dell EMC
Example addresses in this block
Where this block sits
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MARCONI ELECTRONICS LTD.
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CROSSCOMM CORPORATION
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