Arp request to get MAc Adress with IP address

[Yu-Xi Lim]

amjadcsu at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a network on same subnet. I have an ip address of a machine.
> but i need to get its MAC Adress.
> Sendingf ARP request is the way i am taking.
> 
> IS there any other way to get this MAC Adress in python.??
> 
> Also does python go down to level 2 of TCP/IP model??
> 
> 
> Sorry if i am to naive. Just learning python
> 
> thanks
> 

Python's standard libs don't do that, but you can probably work out 
something with sockets.

However, I do recommend you take a look at Scapy, which is just great 
for network protocol manipulation. http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/

I hadn't used it in a while, but when I last tried it, it was very 
promising.