net-scanner

Tested in Mac OSX 10.9.5, Ubuntu 14, Ubuntu 15, Ubuntu 16, Odroid and Raspbian GNU/Linux 7.

Getting Started

First you need to install arp if it is not already installed:

In Mac you can use brew:

brew install net-scanner

On Debian:

sudo apt-get install net-scanner

Now Install the net-scanner module:

npm install net-scanner

To use the module programmatically:

/**
 * @project net-scanner
 * @name example
 * @author Pawan Pawar
 * @date 16/11/18 - 4:31 PM
 * @description
 *
 */
 
'use strict';
var scan = require('./arp');
const console = new (require('my-console')).Console();
 
scan(function (err, data) {
    if (err)
        console.error(err);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
});

Run Example

$node example.js
[Fri Nov 16 2018 19:59:54][example.js(17)] [LOG]         [
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.4",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:04",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.44",
    "mac": "BA:58:F4:EF:AF:C5",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.3",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:03",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.47",
    "mac": "32:1F:7D:AF:FB:3A",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.61",
    "mac": "6E:A6:3A:1B:81:11",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.1",
    "mac": "00:26:F2:FD:BF:7C",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "rrcs-76-80-1-34.west.bi",
    "mac": "00:26:F2:FD:BF:7C",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.7",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:07",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.2",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:02",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.46",
    "mac": "E4:E0:A6:05:1D:3A",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.60",
    "mac": "76:CF:05:E4:EC:69",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.59",
    "mac": "0E:87:D1:EC:F9:D3",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.50",
    "mac": "00:50:43:21:E5:C6",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.6",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:06",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.8",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:08",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.54",
    "mac": "42:C6:33:10:ED:85",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.3",
    "mac": "8C:85:90:C9:6A:29",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "19.18.17.5",
    "mac": "02:42:AC:11:00:05",
    "interface": "docker0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  },
  {
    "ip": "192.168.43.62",
    "mac": "E6:7E:09:56:D0:D6",
    "interface": "eth0",
    "timestamp": 1542378893923
  }
]