randmac 0.0.1

a random 12-digit mac address generator

randmac.py

a utility that generates 12-digit mac addresses; either vendor portion or full mac.

the optional -f argument will return a random 12-digit MAC address that can be identified by the locally administrated address (LAA) format. This means you will always see x2, x6, xA, or xE at the beginning of a MAC address generated by randmac.

installation

to install with pip:

pip install randmac

requirements

Python >3.2 required.

mac address formats

Supported MAC address formats:

• MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS
• MM-MM-MM-SS-SS-SS
• MM.MM.MM.SS.SS.SS
• MMMM.MMSS.SSSS
• MMMMMMSSSSSS

where M stands for the manufacturer or vendor, and S stands for the NIC specific portion.

usage

requires a mac address as input. it is used to determine what the output format should be.

from a terminal you can use randmac 00:00:00:00:00:00 to get a generate a new NIC portion, or randmac 00:00:00:00:00:00 -f to generate a new 12-digit LAA MAC.

you can also from randmac import RandMac and use it like RandMac("00:00:00:00:00:00").

example usage

$ randmac 00:00:00:00:00:00
00:00:00:fc:e1:5b
$ randmac 00:00:00:00:00:00 -f
2a:81:b0:e7:1d:08

or

>>> from randmac import RandMac
>>> RandMac("00:00:00:00:00:00")
'00:00:00:00:fd:9e'
>>> RandMac("00:00:00:00:00:00", True)
'ba:ac:5f:09:fc:bb'
>>> RandMac("0000.0000.0000", True)
'fe84.857f.900f'

license

license can be found here.