diff --git a/python/pcap/memecap.py b/python/pcap/memecap.py
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+import asyncio
+import ctypes
+import fcntl
+import logging
+import signal
+import socket
+import struct
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+ETH_P_IP = 0x0800
+IFF_PROMISC = 0x100
+SIOCGIFFLAGS = 0x8913
+SIOCSIFFLAGS = 0x8914
+SIOCGSTAMP = 0x8906
+
+class ifreq(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("ifr_ifrn", ctypes.c_char * 16),
+                ("ifr_flags", ctypes.c_short)]
+
+class timeval(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("tv_sec", ctypes.c_long), ("tv_usec", ctypes.c_long)]
+
+
+PCAP_MAGIC_MICRO = 0xA1B2C3D4
+PCAP_MAJ = 2
+PCAP_MIN = 4
+
+PCAP_SNAPLEN = 2048
+LINKTYPE_ETHERNET = 1
+
+async def do_pcap(devname="wlp2s0", pcapname="capture.pcap"):
+    if isinstance(devname, str):
+        devname = devname.encode()
+
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    if not isinstance(loop, asyncio.selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop):
+        raise Exception("you gotta run it on linux")
+        # because we're about to do some evil fuckery
+
+    logger.info("opening packet capture")
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.PF_PACKET, socket.SOCK_RAW, socket.htons(ETH_P_IP))
+    sock.setblocking(False)
+
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BINDTODEVICE, devname)
+
+    logger.info("setting promisc mode")
+    ifr = ifreq()
+    ifr.ifr_ifrn = devname
+    fcntl.ioctl(sock.fileno(), SIOCGIFFLAGS, ifr)
+    ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_PROMISC
+    fcntl.ioctl(sock.fileno(), SIOCSIFFLAGS, ifr)
+
+    logger.info("opening output file")
+    outfile = open(pcapname, "wb")
+    outfile.write(struct.pack("<IHHIIII", PCAP_MAGIC_MICRO, PCAP_MAJ, PCAP_MIN, 0, 0,
+                              PCAP_SNAPLEN, LINKTYPE_ETHERNET))
+    outfile.flush()
+    conn_evt = asyncio.Event()
+
+    logger.info("loading socket into asyncio")
+    class PcapRecvProtocol:
+        def __init__(self, sock):
+            self.sock = sock
+
+        def connection_made(self, transport):
+            logger.info("conn made!")
+            self.transport = transport
+
+        def datagram_received(self, data, addr):
+            tv = timeval()
+            fcntl.ioctl(self.sock.fileno(), SIOCGSTAMP, tv)
+            logger.info("recv packet")
+            trunc = data[0:PCAP_SNAPLEN]
+            outfile.write(struct.pack("<IIII", tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec, len(trunc), len(data)))
+            outfile.write(trunc)
+            outfile.flush()
+
+        def connection_lost(self, exc):
+            conn_evt.set()
+
+    protocol = PcapRecvProtocol(sock)
+    waiter = loop.create_future()
+    transport = loop._make_datagram_transport(sock, protocol, waiter=waiter)
+    await waiter
+
+    run_capture = asyncio.Event()
+
+    def shutdown_capture():
+        logger.info("ctrl-c")
+        run_capture.set()
+
+    logger.info("running capture loop")
+    loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, shutdown_capture)
+    await run_capture.wait()
+
+    logger.info("closing")
+    transport.close()
+    await conn_evt.wait()
+    outfile.close()
+    logger.info("done")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    asyncio.run(do_pcap())