Device_Finder: Network Device Discovery Tool

This repository contains a Python-based network device discovery tool that uses ARP scanning to identify devices on your local network.

Scripts

• device_f: A bash script that runs the main Python script with sudo privileges.
• device_finder: The main Python script that performs network scanning and device discovery.

Features

• Automatically detects and scans all active network interfaces.
• Uses ARP scanning to discover devices on the local network.
• Retrieves MAC addresses, IP addresses, and hostnames of discovered devices.
• Multithreaded scanning for improved performance.
• Saves results to a JSON file for easy parsing and further analysis.

the script:

1. Determine your local IP and network range.
2. Identify active network interfaces.
3. Perform ARP scans on each interface.
4. Display results in real-time.
5. Save complete results to scan_results.json.

Installation

Clone the repository using the following command:

git clone  https://github.com/YanivHaliwa/devices_finder.git
cd devices_finder

Usage

Important: This tool is designed to run on the local machine (localhost) and scan the local network. It cannot be used to scan remote networks.

Run the device_f

Requirements

• Python 3
• scapy
• psutil

Ensure you have the necessary permissions to perform network scans on your system.

Author

Created by Yaniv Haliwa for security testing and educational purposes.