sending a rip1 request via python

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ok, im new to this sort of coding so excuse me if im not exactly sure
as to what i need to pull this off.

I need to be able to send a rip1 request to my rip1 enabled device.,
so i need python to send :

01 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10

which is an RIP1 request and then have it respond back to me. im not
to worried about the returned format, but is there anyway to do this
in just a few lines of python?

i was looking at this page for ideas:

http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/206.html

its just one of the few google responses for : sending packets with
python.

any responses welcome, thanks :)