ethip
=====
Python library that can discover an ip address from the mac address
To install on openSUSE:
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/dmulder/openSUSE_13.1/ ethip
sudo zypper in ethip
To use:
>>> from ethip import ethip
>>> print ethip.getip('00:1E:C9:56:3C:8E', '10.5.42.255')
10.5.42.3
>>> print ethip.getmac('10.5.42.3')
00:1e:c9:56:3c:8e
It needs to run as root to get full functionality. Only root has rights to make arp requests. If not run as root, you'll only get responses relative to your current arp table (arp -n).