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pallas/mac_to_ipv6network.py

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Inject MAC address into IPv6 Network
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mac_to_ipv6network.py
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
from ipaddress import IPv6Network
from binascii import unhexlify
network = IPv6Network("2001:DB8::/32")
mac = "12:34:56:78:9a:bc"
mac_bytes = b''.join(map(unhexlify, mac.split(':')))
address = network[int.from_bytes(mac_bytes, byteorder='big')]
print(network, mac, mac_bytes, address)
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