---
name: "update-oui"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ieee-data"
version: "20150531.1~deb8u2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-oui"
---

# update-oui(8)

download new version of the OUI and IAB lists

## NAME

update-oui - download new version of the OUI and IAB lists

## SYNOPSIS

**update-oui**

## DESCRIPTION

**update-oui** fetches the current version of the OUI and IAB lists from http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml and installs it, if the installed versions is older than 5 days.

This utility requires curl, wget or libwww-perl to be installed.

## OPTIONS

- \-q

  Be quiet. Do not output messages.

- \-f

  Force the update, even if the file is newer than 5 days.

## FILES

- **/usr/share/misc/**

  Directory holding symbolic links to oui.txt and iab.txt

## AUTHORS

Filippo Giunchedi \<filippo@debian.org\> and Luciano Bello \<luciano@debian.org\>.