[Python] Python re.compile don't extract all group

I'm using compile function to extract data from this text:

Number of neighbors: 2

AP Name AP IP Neighbor Name Neighbor IP Neighbor Port
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ap001-w101-a91 1.2.3.4 sw0002-sw04-C22 2.3.4.5 GigabitEthernet1/0/1
ap003-w4203-a28 2.3.2.2 sw002-sw02-c22.switch.local 3.2.3.2 GigabitEthernet1/0/17


I have tested this regex with MULTILINE flag:

^(\S*)\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s*(\S*)\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s*(\S*)$


But if I use on following code:

parsed = re.compile(r'^(\S*)\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s*(\S*)\s*(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\s*(\S*)$', re.M)


I got 0 elements when I call findall function.

Instead if I remove the final "(\S*)$" I got 2 elements.

There is a solution in order to extract following data:

hostname
AP IP
CDP Hostname
CDP IP
CDP Port

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