Scan network and grab details of hosts found

Python Help
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hi all,

is there a python tool like nmap/arp that gets all the info of hosts like

ip
mac
make/model
serial/part number
hostname
OS name

i thought i would use a python tool as i could call a subprocess powershell if its a windows host and then get more info about it

thanks,
rob

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Using subprocess and re might be the best way to go here, unless you’re interested in reimplementing those tools in Python. On pypi I found this which seems to wrap nmap: python-nmap · PyPI

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isnt re regex?

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Yes. What I meant was, use subprocess to run nmap and then use regular expressions to parse the strings it returns to collect the information you want.

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can nmap or arp get make/model of the host ie HP 840G4

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I’m just brainstorming here. These have not been tested.

  1. I would search Youtube for videos from the past year and see what comes up. Or I would search the internet for sites in the past year as well.
  2. This Python module might also help. An introduction to the ipaddress module — Python 3.12.4 documentation
  3. Extracting MAC address using uuid. Extracting MAC address using Python
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This isn’t a Python question. Do you know how you’re actually planning to do the scan? If not, use existing tools, and just use Python to parse their output - which means, the first step is to understand the tools you’re using.

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yes nmap and arp i know are other tools but i thought python would come with its own network tools for this but im guessing not ?