MAC address BC:31:98:5 details

Assigned Prefix
BC:31:98:5

28-bit Prefix (MA-M)

Block Base Allocation
BC:31:98:50:00:00

Hardware Interface 0x00000 (Min)

Block Top Boundary
BC:31:98:5F:FF:FF

Hardware Interface 0xFFFFF (Max)

Network Addressing & Host Scope

MA-M

This assignment represents an IEEE MA-M allocation, granting a dedicated boundary of 1,048,576 unique host MAC addresses.

START: BC:31:98:50:00:00 1,048,576 Total Addresses END: BC:31:98:5F:FF:FF
Lower Bound (Base Host 0) Upper Bound (Top Boundary)
IEEE Registry Tier MA-M Universally Administered (UAA)
Total Host Capacity 1,048,576 Exact binary space: 220 addresses
Derived IPv6 Link-Local SLAAC Base RFC 4291 EUI-64
fe80::be31:98ff:fe50:0000

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

28-Bit Architecture
Allocation Spread 28-BIT PREFIX (58%) + 20-BIT HOST (42%)
28-Bit Prefix
20-Bit Host
Bit 0 [BC:31:98:5]
Bit 28
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 BC 1011 11 0 0
Octet 1 31 0011 0001
Octet 2 98 1001 1000
Octet 3 (high nibble) 5_ 0101 [Host]
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] == bc:31:98 && (eth.addr[3] & 0xf0) == 0x50
No custom Wireshark manufacturer alias overrides registered for this prefix.

REST API v2

200 OK
CLI curl -s https://api.maclookup.app/v2/macs/bc31985 -H 'Accept: application/json'
{
  "success": true,
  "found": true,
  "macPrefix": "BC31985",
  "company": "Hunan Gukam Railway Equipment Co.,Ltd",
  "address": "Room603, Building E4, Yunlong HeadQuarters Economic Park, No.5099 Yunlong Avenue, Yunlong Demonstration Zone, Zhuzhou City, Zhuzhou  430200, CN",
  "country": "CN",
  "blockStart": "BC3198500000",
  "blockEnd": "BC31985FFFFF",
  "blockSize": 1048575,
  "blockType": "MA-M",
  "updated": "2023-04-04",
  "isRand": false,
  "isPrivate": false
}