low level networking in python

[billiejoex]

> I wish to do some low level network stuff using python.
> I've googled somewhat and came up with pylibpcap[1], trouble is I
> can't compile it on my Ubuntu 6.10 workstation.

I would suggest pcapy:
http://oss.coresecurity.com/projects/pcapy.html
Higher level, easier Object-Oriented API and support for multi-
threading.
Here's an example showing a simple sniffer app:
http://oss.coresecurity.com/impacket/sniff.py
Anyway, what kind of 'low-level network stuff' we're talking about?