MAC address A4:85:6B details

Assigned Prefix
A4:85:6B

24-bit Prefix (MA-L)

Block Base Allocation
A4:85:6B:00:00:00

Hardware Interface 0x000000 (Min)

Block Top Boundary
A4:85:6B:FF:FF:FF

Hardware Interface 0xFFFFFF (Max)

Network Addressing & Host Scope

MA-L

This assignment represents an IEEE MA-L allocation, granting a dedicated boundary of 16,777,216 unique host MAC addresses.

START: A4:85:6B:00:00:00 16,777,216 Total Addresses END: A4:85:6B:FF:FF:FF
Lower Bound (Base Host 0) Upper Bound (Top Boundary)
IEEE Registry Tier MA-L Universally Administered (UAA)
Total Host Capacity 16,777,216 Exact binary space: 224 addresses
Derived IPv6 Link-Local SLAAC Base RFC 4291 EUI-64
fe80::a685:6bff:fe00:0000

Base address derived from the allocation start, not a network prefix or a verified configured address. The link-local subnet is fe80::/64.

RFC 4291 (Modified EUI-64): This example derives an interface identifier from a 48-bit MAC address by inserting ff:fe and inverting the universal/local bit. An interface can use a different IPv6 identifier.

Octet & Bit Architecture

24-Bit Architecture
Allocation Spread 24-BIT PREFIX (50%) + 24-BIT HOST (50%)
24-Bit Prefix
24-Bit Host
Bit 0 [A4:85:6B]
Bit 24
Bit 47 [Host Top]

OUI / Prefix OUI means Organizationally Unique Identifier. MA-L uses a 24-bit prefix; MA-M and MA-S use 28-bit and 36-bit prefixes.

Host bits The remaining bits define the address space within the allocation.

Binary Octet Breakdown (Prefix)

Colored bits in Octet 0 (the first byte) match the I/G and U/L cards below. Octet indices start at zero.

Octet 0 A4 1010 01 0 0
Octet 1 85 1000 0101
Octet 2 6B 0110 1011
First octet, bit 1 (U/L) b1 = 0
Universally Administered (UAA)

Globally unique IEEE governed address.

First octet, bit 0 (I/G) b0 = 0
Unicast Transmission

Individual address destination (point-to-point transmission).

Wireshark Dissector Intel
Display Filter: eth.addr[0:3] == a4:85:6b
No custom Wireshark manufacturer alias overrides registered for this prefix.

REST API v2

200 OK
CLI curl -s https://api.maclookup.app/v2/macs/a4856b -H 'Accept: application/json'
{
  "success": true,
  "found": true,
  "macPrefix": "A4856B",
  "company": "Q Electronics Ltd",
  "address": "Beck House, Hawksworth Road, Leeds West Yorkshire LS18 4JP, GB",
  "country": "GB",
  "blockStart": "A4856B000000",
  "blockEnd": "A4856BFFFFFF",
  "blockSize": 16777215,
  "blockType": "MA-L",
  "updated": "2015-11-17",
  "isRand": false,
  "isPrivate": false
}