Get a list of MAC addresses that have connected to your router. Most recent first.

linksys_router_connections.py

import os                                                                              
import re
import datetime

def get_connections():
    curl_cmd = "curl -s -u username:password http://192.168.1.1/Log_View.asp | grep 'received REQUEST'"
    # TODO replace with subprocess.Popen()
    resp = os.popen4(curl_cmd)[1].read()
    resp = resp.split('\n')
    connections = []
    for r in resp:
        m = re.match('^.*DDD\(\'(.*) received REQUEST from (.*)\'\).*$', r)
        if m:
            # sample_dt = 'Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:43:09'
            dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(m.group(1), '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S')
            connections.append((dt, m.group(2)))
    connections.sort(key = lambda x: x[0], reverse=True)
    print connections

if __name__ == '__main__':
    get_connections()