🕵️‍♂️ Network Scanner Tool

📜 Description

This Python tool leverages the Scapy library to perform ARP scanning on a network. It is used to discover active devices on a given IP range or target IP address by sending ARP requests and collecting responses. This tool can be helpful for network reconnaissance, device inventory management, or penetration testing purposes.

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🚀 Features

• Scans a specified IP address or IP range to detect active devices.
• Retrieves the IP address and MAC address of each detected device.
• Outputs results in a readable format showing the IP and MAC address pairs.

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🛠️ Prerequisites

Before running the script, make sure you have:

• Python 3.x installed.
• Scapy library installed:

  pip install scapy

This script is designed for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

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🎯 Usage

1. Running the Network Scanner

To use the tool, you need to specify the target IP address or IP range. The script supports CIDR notation (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24) for IP ranges.

Command-line Arguments:

• -t, --target: The target IP address or IP range you want to scan for active devices.

Example Usage:

sudo python3 network_scanner.py -t 192.168.1.0/24

Output

IP				MAC
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192.168.1.1		00:11:22:33:44:55
192.168.1.2		66:77:88:99:00:11