IAB: an Individual Address Block, a /36 covering 4,096 addresses. IEEE's predecessor to MA-S; no longer issued, but existing assignments remain valid.
Prefix00:50:C2:A9:F0:00 /36
Vendor address624-7 Takahagi Hidaka Saitama JP 350-1213
Country🇯🇵 Japan
RegisteredApr 12, 2009
Block range00:50:C2:A9:F0:00– 00:50:C2:A9:FF:FF
Address capacity4,096
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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Example addresses in this block
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Procon Engineering Limited
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Smith Meter, Inc.
The nearest registered blocks of the same size on either side of this one in IEEE's address space.
YellowSoft Co., Ltd. holds 1 registered blocks in the IEEE registry, ranking #32,916 of 33,421 organizations by block count.