How to get mac address from ip address using python part 2
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to get the mac address from an ip address using python, you can leverage the `scapy` library. in part 1 of this tutorial, we covered how to install `scapy` and use it to send an arp request to retrieve the mac address corresponding to an ip address. in this part 2, we will focus on parsing the response to extract the mac address.
here’s a step-by-step guide along with a code example:
### step 1: install scapy
if you haven’t installed `scapy` yet, you can do so using `pip`:
### step 2: write the python code
below is an example python code that sends an arp request to get the mac address corresponding to a given ip address:
### code explanation:
1. we define a function `get_mac_address(ip)` that sends an arp request to the specified ip address and extracts the mac address from the response.
2. the arp request is constructed by creating an arp and ether layer using `scapy` library.
3. the `srp` function sends the packet and receives a list of two lists, with the first one containing the answered packets.
4. we extract the mac address from the response and return it.
### step 3: run the code
save the code to a python file (e.g., `get_mac_address.py`) and run it in a terminal:
that’s it! you should now be able to retrieve the mac address corresponding to an ip address using python and `scapy`. feel free to customize the code to suit your specific needs or integrate it into your projects.
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