macadress

NBS Technologies Inc.

MA-L
MA-L: a full /24 OUI block, IEEE's largest, covering 16,777,216 addresses.
Prefix00:04:FA:00:00:00 /24
Vendor address703 Evans Avenue, Suite 400 Ontario CA M9C 5E9
Country🇨🇦  Canada
RegisteredFeb 2, 2001
Block range00:04:FA:00:00:00– 00:04:FA: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

  1. Feb 2, 2001 – Apr 8, 2006 MIST Inc. name changedaddress changed
  2. Apr 8, 2006 – present NBS Technologies Inc.

Example addresses in this block

00:04:FA:00:00:00 00:04:FA:7F:FF:FF 00:04:FA:FF:FF:FF

Where this block sits

Previous 00:04:F9:00:00:00 /24 Xtera Communications, Inc. Next 00:04:FB:00:00:00 /24 Commtech, Inc.

The nearest registered blocks of the same size on either side of this one in IEEE's address space.

NBS Technologies Inc. holds 1 registered blocks in the IEEE registry, ranking #20,765 of 33,427 organizations by block count.