# This can be disabled with -no-network-request, as shown here: # By default, getmac will populate the table by sending a UDP packet to a high port on the host (defaults to 55555).

# Getting the MAC address of a remote host requires the ARP table to be populated. # Running as a Python module with shorthands for the arguments # Interface names, IPv4/IPv6 addresses, or Hostnames can be specified # Invoking with no arguments will return MAC of the default interface Python 2 users: use getmac2 or python -m getmac instead of getmac. get_mac_address ( ip = '192.168.0.1', network_request = True )) Terminal examples PORT = 44444 # Default is 55555 print ( getmac. get_mac_address ( interface = 'Ethernet 3' )) # Change the UDP port used for updating the ARP table (UDP packet) from getmac import getmac getmac. DEBUG = 2 # DEBUG level 2 print ( getmac. Python examples from getmac import get_mac_address eth_mac = get_mac_address ( interface = 'eth0' ) win_mac = get_mac_address ( interface = 'Ethernet 3' ) ip_mac = get_mac_address ( ip = '192.168.0.1' ) ip6_mac = get_mac_address ( ip6 = '::1' ) host_mac = get_mac_address ( hostname = 'localhost' ) updated_mac = get_mac_address ( ip = '10.0.0.1', network_request = True ) # Enable debugging from getmac import getmac getmac.

Stable release from PyPI pip install getmac If you want to use psutil, scapy, or netifaces, I have examples of how to do so in a GitHub Gist. In some cases it can be significantly faster. If the only system you need to run on is Linux, you can run as root, and C-extensions modules are fine, then you should instead check out the arpreq package by Sebastian Schrader. Another great option that fits these requirements is the well-known and battle-hardened psutil package by Giampaolo Rodola. However, unfortunately it is no longer maintained as of May 2021, so it may not be a great choice for new projects. If you only need the addresses of network interfaces, have a limited set of platforms to support, and are able to handle C-extension modules, then you should instead check out the excellent netifaces package by Alastair Houghton ( It's significantly faster (thanks to it being C-code) and has been around a long time and seen widespread usage. It provides one function: get_mac_address()

Remote hosts on the local network (by IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname).

System network interfaces (by interface name).

It provides a platform-independent interface to get the MAC addresses of: Pure-Python package to get the MAC address of network interfaces and hosts on the local network.

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