diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index 1926c5e..c77cef2 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,27 @@ impl MacAddress {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the six eight-bit integers that make up this address.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use w5500::MacAddress;
+    ///
+    /// let addr = MacAddress::new(13, 12, 11, 10, 15, 14);
+    /// assert_eq!([13u8, 12u8, 11u8, 10u8, 15u8, 14u8], addr.octets());
+    /// ```
+    pub const fn octets(&self) -> [u8; 6] {
+        [
+            self.octets[0],
+            self.octets[1],
+            self.octets[2],
+            self.octets[3],
+            self.octets[4],
+            self.octets[5],
+        ]
+    }
+
     /// An EUI-48 MAC address representing an unspecified address:
     /// 00:00:00:00:00:00
     ///
@@ -57,6 +78,24 @@ impl MacAddress {
     pub const UNSPECIFIED: Self = MacAddress::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
+impl From<[u8; 6]> for MacAddress {
+    /// Creates an `Ipv4Addr` from a six element byte array.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use w5500::MacAddress;
+    ///
+    /// let addr = MacAddress::from([13u8, 12u8, 11u8, 10u8, 15u8, 14u8]);
+    /// assert_eq!(MacAddress::new(13, 12, 11, 10, 15, 14), addr);
+    /// ```
+    fn from(octets: [u8; 6]) -> MacAddress {
+        MacAddress::new(
+            octets[0], octets[1], octets[2], octets[3], octets[4], octets[5],
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 impl ::core::fmt::Display for MacAddress {
     /// String formatter for MacAddress addresses.
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut ::core::fmt::Formatter) -> ::core::fmt::Result {