from scapy.all import * hostname = "google.com" for i in range(1, 28): pkt = IP(dst=hostname, ttl=i) / UDP(dport=33434) # Send the packet and get a reply reply = sr1(pkt, verbose=0) if reply is None: # No reply =( break elif reply.type == 3: # We've reached our destination print "Done!", reply.src break else: # We're in the middle somewhere print "%d hops away: " % i , reply.src