pymacgen 0.42

generate mac addresses

generates mac addresses

how to..

… install

# from pypi
pip3 install pymacgen
# from github
pip3 install git+https://github.com/smthnspcl/pymacgen
# if this repo has been cloned
pip3 install .

… use from cli

pymacgen --help
usage: pymacgen [-h] [-o OUI] [-d] [-on ORGANIZATION_NAME] [-mp MAC_PREFIX] [-cn COUNTRY_NAME] [-g GENERATE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUI, --oui OUI     path to oui file; will be downloaded if not found
  -d, --debug           enable debugging
  -on ORGANIZATION_NAME, --organization-name ORGANIZATION_NAME
                        search by organization name; case insensitive
  -mp MAC_PREFIX, --mac-prefix MAC_PREFIX
                        search by mac prefix; 00-00-00 or 00:00:00 or 000000
  -cn COUNTRY_NAME, --country-name COUNTRY_NAME
                        search by country name; case insensitive
  -g GENERATE, --generate GENERATE
                        generate a random mac address or by found prefix

… use from code

from pymacgen import MACGenerator

# these do not need instantiation of the MACGenerator class
print(MACGenerator.by_mac(str("EA:7B:EE:FB:01:42")))
print(MACGenerator.by_prefix("42:06:66"))

# these utilize the pyoui library, so instantiation of the MACGenerator class is needed
m = MACGenerator("/tmp/oui.txt", True)

# by company name examples
print(m.by_organization("national security agency"))
print(m.by_organization("samsung"))

# by country name examples
print(m.by_country_code("DE"))
print(m.by_country_code("CN"))

# by country code examples
print(m.by_country_name("Germany"))
print(m.by_country_name("China"))