AST RESEARCH, INC.

Any device whose MAC address begins with 00:40:1C has a network interface built by AST RESEARCH, INC.. This prefix (the OUI, or Organizationally Unique Identifier) is assigned by the IEEE and is the first three octets of the address.

OUI prefix

00:40:1C

Organization

AST RESEARCH, INC.

Address

MS 2-78 IRVINE CA US 92618

Source

IEEE OUI registry

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