Add additional filtering to MAC Addresses #1208

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-05T21:57:37+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-05 21:57:37 +02:00

Originally created by @jvalente-salemstate on 9/19/2025

NetBox version

v4.4.0

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Currently the MAC Address view only allows filtering on:

MAC Address
Assigned Device
Assigned VM

This makes searching and filtering through (possibles tens of) thousands of MAC addresses quite a lot.

Additional filtering would be very helpful for searching and using export templates.

I do not believe any model changes are needed, but changes would need to be made to the list view and MACAddressFilterSet

class MACAddressFilterSet(NetBoxModelFilterSet):
    mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter()
    device = MultiValueCharFilter(
        method='filter_device',
        field_name='name',
        label=_('Device (name)'),
    )
    device_id = MultiValueNumberFilter(
        method='filter_device',
        field_name='pk',
        label=_('Device (ID)'),
    )
    virtual_machine = MultiValueCharFilter(
        method='filter_virtual_machine',
        field_name='name',
        label=_('Virtual machine (name)'),
    )
    virtual_machine_id = MultiValueNumberFilter(
        method='filter_virtual_machine',
        field_name='pk',
        label=_('Virtual machine (ID)'),
    )
    interface = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
        field_name='interface__name',
        queryset=Interface.objects.all(),
        to_field_name='name',
        label=_('Interface (name)'),
    )
    interface_id = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
        field_name='interface',
        queryset=Interface.objects.all(),
        label=_('Interface (ID)'),
    )
    vminterface = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
        field_name='vminterface__name',
        queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(),
        to_field_name='name',
        label=_('VM interface (name)'),
    )
    vminterface_id = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(
        field_name='vminterface',
        queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(),
        label=_('VM interface (ID)'),
    )

Use case

Filter	Use Case
Assigned: `true/false`	Filtering for only (un)assigned MACs
Is Primary: `true/false`	Show only/do not show primary MAC addresses
Parent Device Role	Filter on MAC for switches, firewalls, cameras, etc
Parent interface connected/Cable: `true/false`	Show/don't show MACs assigned to connected/cabled interfaces
Parent device tenant or site/location	Show only MACs for a given tenant, site, or location

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

*Originally created by @jvalente-salemstate on 9/19/2025* ### NetBox version v4.4.0 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality Currently the MAC Address view only allows filtering on: * MAC Address * Assigned Device * Assigned VM This makes searching and filtering through (possibles tens of) thousands of MAC addresses quite a lot. Additional filtering would be very helpful for searching and using export templates. I do not believe any model changes are needed, but changes would need to be made to the list view and [`MACAddressFilterSet`](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/blob/a173a9b4acc4057f694210315e3083607f1b8800/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py#L1765-L1809) ``` class MACAddressFilterSet(NetBoxModelFilterSet): mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter() device = MultiValueCharFilter( method='filter_device', field_name='name', label=_('Device (name)'), ) device_id = MultiValueNumberFilter( method='filter_device', field_name='pk', label=_('Device (ID)'), ) virtual_machine = MultiValueCharFilter( method='filter_virtual_machine', field_name='name', label=_('Virtual machine (name)'), ) virtual_machine_id = MultiValueNumberFilter( method='filter_virtual_machine', field_name='pk', label=_('Virtual machine (ID)'), ) interface = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter( field_name='interface__name', queryset=Interface.objects.all(), to_field_name='name', label=_('Interface (name)'), ) interface_id = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter( field_name='interface', queryset=Interface.objects.all(), label=_('Interface (ID)'), ) vminterface = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter( field_name='vminterface__name', queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(), to_field_name='name', label=_('VM interface (name)'), ) vminterface_id = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter( field_name='vminterface', queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(), label=_('VM interface (ID)'), ) ``` ### Use case |Filter| Use Case | | --- | --- | |Assigned: `true/false` | Filtering for only (un)assigned MACs| |Is Primary: `true/false` | Show only/do not show primary MAC addresses| |Parent Device Role | Filter on MAC for switches, firewalls, cameras, etc| |Parent interface connected/Cable: `true/false`|Show/don't show MACs assigned to connected/cabled interfaces| |Parent device tenant or site/location|Show only MACs for a given tenant, site, or location| ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies _No response_

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Reference: github/netbox#1208