macadress

Cisco Systems, Inc

MA-L
MA-L: a full /24 OUI block, IEEE's largest, covering 16,777,216 addresses.
Prefix00:08:C2:00:00:00 /24
Vendor address80 West Tasman Drive San Jose CA US 94568
Country🇺🇸  United States
RegisteredDec 23, 2001
Block range00:08:C2:00:00:00– 00:08:C2: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. Dec 23, 2001 – Jan 30, 2013 Cisco Systems name changedaddress changed
  2. Jan 30, 2013 – Jan 31, 2013 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. name changedaddress changed
  3. Jan 31, 2013 – Feb 14, 2013 Cisco Systems name changedaddress changed
  4. Feb 14, 2013 – Sep 1, 2015 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. name changedaddress changed
  5. Sep 1, 2015 – present Cisco Systems, Inc

Example addresses in this block

00:08:C2:00:00:00 00:08:C2:7F:FF:FF 00:08:C2:FF:FF:FF

Where this block sits

Previous 00:08:C1:00:00:00 /24 Avistar Communications Corporation Next 00:08:C3:00:00:00 /24 Contex A/S

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

Cisco Systems, Inc holds 1,258 registered blocks in the IEEE registry, ranking #3 of 33,421 organizations by block count.

Other blocks registered to Cisco Systems, Inc

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