diff --git a/nl80211.py b/nl80211.py
index 8d7d184..a8f0eb9 100755
--- a/nl80211.py
+++ b/nl80211.py
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2.7
 
 import collections
+import os
+import random
 import socket
 import struct
 
-sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_NETLINK, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, 16)
-sock.bind((0,0))
-query = '\34\0\0\0\24\0\5\3\\7\252T\367\16\0\0\21\0\0\0\10\0\3\0\6\0\0\0'
-sock.send(query)
-data = sock.recv(1024)
 
-
-class ParsedData(object):
+class Iterator(object):
   def __init__(self, data):
     self.data = data
     self.offset = 0
@@ -21,104 +17,142 @@ class ParsedData(object):
     return '(%d bytes): %r' % (len(data), data)
 
   def Advance(self, offset_incr):
+    assert self.offset + offset_incr <= len(self.data)
     self.offset += offset_incr
 
+  def Extract(self, length):
+    assert self.offset + length <= len(self.data)
+    ret = self.data[self.offset:self.offset + length]
+    self.Advance(length)
+    return ret
+
   def AtEnd(self):
     return self.offset == len(self.data)
 
 
-class Parser(struct.Struct):
-  def __init__(self, format, fields=None):
-    super(Parser, self).__init__(format)
-    self._fields = fields
+class Accumulator(object):
+  def __init__(self):
+    self._parts = []
 
-  def Parse(self, parsed_data, targetlen=None):
+  def __str__(self):
+    return ''.join(self._parts)
+
+  def __len__(self):
+    return sum(len(part) for part in self._parts)
+
+  def Append(self, value):
+    self._parts.append(value)
+
+
+class SingleStructParser(struct.Struct):
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen=None):
     if targetlen is not None:
       assert self.size == targetlen, 'Actual bytes: %d, expected bytes: %d' % (targetlen, self.size)
-    values = self.unpack_from(parsed_data.data, parsed_data.offset)
-    parsed_data.Advance(self.size)
-    if self._fields:
-    	return collections.OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, values))
-    else:
-        assert len(values) == 1
-        return values[0]
+    values = self.unpack_from(iterator.data, iterator.offset)
+    iterator.Advance(self.size)
+    assert len(values) == 1
+    return values[0]
+
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, value):
+    accumulator.Append(self.pack(value))
+
+
+class StructParser(struct.Struct):
+  def __init__(self, format, fields=None):
+    super(StructParser, self).__init__(format)
+    self._fields = fields
+
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen=None):
+    if targetlen is not None:
+      assert self.size == targetlen, 'Actual bytes: %d, expected bytes: %d' % (targetlen, self.size)
+    values = self.unpack_from(iterator.data, iterator.offset)
+    iterator.Advance(self.size)
+    return collections.OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, values))
+
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, **values):
+    ordered_values = []
+    for field in self._fields:
+      ordered_values.append(values[field])
+    accumulator.Append(self.pack(*ordered_values))
 
 
 class StringParser(object):
-  def Parse(self, parsed_data, targetlen):
-    ret = parsed_data.data[parsed_data.offset:parsed_data.offset + targetlen]
-    parsed_data.Advance(targetlen)
-    return ret
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen):
+    return iterator.Extract(targetlen)
+
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, value):
+    accumulator.Append(value)
 
 
 class EmptyParser(object):
-  def Parse(self, parsed_data, targetlen=None):
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen=None):
     assert not targetlen
     return True
 
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, value=None):
+    pass
 
-nlmsghdr = Parser('LHHLL', ('length', 'type', 'flags', 'seq', 'pid'))
-genlmsghdr = Parser('BBH', ('cmd', 'version', 'reserved'))
+
+nlmsghdr = StructParser('LHHLL', ('length', 'type', 'flags', 'seq', 'pid'))
+genlmsghdr = StructParser('BBH', ('cmd', 'version', 'reserved'))
 
 
 class Attribute(object):
-  _nlattr = Parser('HH', ('len', 'type'))
+  _nlattr = StructParser('HH', ('len', 'type'))
 
   def __init__(self, attributes):
    super(Attribute, self).__init__()
    self._attributes = attributes
 
-  def Parse(self, parsed_data, targetlen=None):
-    nlattr = self._nlattr.Parse(parsed_data)
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen=None):
+    nlattr = self._nlattr.Unpack(iterator)
     if targetlen is not None:
       assert nlattr['len'] == targetlen
     name, sub_parser = self._attributes.get(nlattr['type'], (None, None))
     assert sub_parser, 'Unknown attribute type %d, len %d' % (nlattr['type'], nlattr['len'])
     sub_len = nlattr['len'] - self._nlattr.size
     ret = {
-      name: sub_parser.Parse(parsed_data, sub_len)
+      name: sub_parser.Unpack(iterator, sub_len)
     }
 
     padding = ((nlattr['len'] + 4 - 1) & ~3) - nlattr['len']
-    parsed_data.Advance(padding)
+    iterator.Advance(padding)
 
     return ret
 
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, attrtype, **attrargs):
+    sub_parser = self._attributes[attrtype][1]
+    sub_accumulator = Accumulator()
+    sub_parser.Pack(sub_accumulator, **attrargs)
+    self._nlattr.Pack(accumulator, len=self._nlattr.size + len(sub_accumulator), type=attrtype)
+    accumulator.Append(str(sub_accumulator))
+
 
 class Attributes(object):
-
   def __init__(self, attributes):
     super(Attributes, self).__init__()
     self._attribute = Attribute(attributes)
 
-  def Parse(self, parsed_data, targetlen=None):
-    if targetlen is None:
-      local_parsed_data = parsed_data
-    else:
-      local_parsed_data = ParsedData(parsed_data.data[parsed_data.offset:parsed_data.offset + targetlen])
-      parsed_data.Advance(targetlen)
+  def Unpack(self, iterator, targetlen=None):
+    if targetlen is not None:
+      iterator = Iterator(iterator.Extract(targetlen))
     ret = collections.OrderedDict()
-    while not local_parsed_data.AtEnd():
-      ret.update(self._attribute.Parse(local_parsed_data))
+    while not iterator.AtEnd():
+      ret.update(self._attribute.Unpack(iterator))
     return ret
 
+  def Pack(self, accumulator, attrtype, **attrargs):
+    return self._attribute.Pack(accumulator, attrtype, **attrargs)
+
 
 flag = EmptyParser()
 string = StringParser()
-u8 = Parser('B')
-u16 = Parser('H')
-u32 = Parser('L')
-u64 = Parser('Q')
+u8 = SingleStructParser('B')
+u16 = SingleStructParser('H')
+u32 = SingleStructParser('L')
+u64 = SingleStructParser('Q')
 
 
-sta_flag_authorized = 1 << 0
-sta_flag_short_preamble = 1 << 1
-sta_flag_wme = 1 << 2
-sta_flag_mfp = 1 << 3
-sta_flag_authenticated = 1 << 4
-sta_flag_tdls_peer = 1 << 5
-sta_flag_associated = 1 << 6
-
 rate_info = Attributes({
   1: ('bitrate', u16),
   2: ('mcs', u8),
@@ -149,7 +183,7 @@ sta_info = Attributes({
   14: ('rx_bitrate', rate_info),
   15: ('bss_param', bss_param),
   16: ('connected_time', u32),
-  17: ('sta_flags', Parser('LL', ('mask', 'values'))),
+  17: ('sta_flags', StructParser('LL', ('mask', 'values'))),
   18: ('beacon_loss', u32),
   23: ('rx_bytes_64', u64),
   24: ('tx_bytes_64', u64),
@@ -162,7 +196,54 @@ nl80211_attr = Attributes({
   46: ('generation', u32),
 })
 
-parsed_data = ParsedData(data)
-print 'nlmsghdr: %s' % nlmsghdr.Parse(parsed_data)
-print 'genlmsghdr: %s' % genlmsghdr.Parse(parsed_data)
-print 'nl80211_attr: %s' % nl80211_attr.Parse(parsed_data)
+F_REQUEST = 1 << 0
+F_MULTI = 1 << 1
+F_ACK = 1 << 2
+F_ECHO = 1 << 3
+F_DUMP_INTR = 1 << 4
+
+F_ROOT = 1 << 8
+F_MATCH = 1 << 9
+F_ATOMIC = 1 << 10
+F_DUMP = F_ROOT | F_MATCH
+
+CMD_GET_STATION = 17
+
+STA_FLAG_AUTHORIZED = 1 << 0
+STA_FLAG_SHORT_PREAMBLE = 1 << 1
+STA_FLAG_WME = 1 << 2
+STA_FLAG_MFP = 1 << 3
+STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED = 1 << 4
+STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER = 1 << 5
+STA_FLAG_ASSOCIATED = 1 << 6
+
+ATTR_IFINDEX = 3
+
+
+genquery = Accumulator()
+nlmsghdr.Pack(
+  genquery, 
+  length=28, # XXX
+  type=20, # XXX
+  flags=F_REQUEST | F_ACK | F_DUMP,
+  seq=random.randint(0, 2 ** 32 - 1),
+  pid=os.getpid())
+genlmsghdr.Pack(
+  genquery,
+  cmd=CMD_GET_STATION,
+  version=0,
+  reserved=0)
+nl80211_attr.Pack(
+  genquery,
+  attrtype=ATTR_IFINDEX,
+  value=6)
+
+sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_NETLINK, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, 16)
+sock.bind((0,0))
+sock.send(str(genquery))
+data = sock.recv(4096)
+
+iterator = Iterator(data)
+print 'nlmsghdr: %s' % nlmsghdr.Unpack(iterator)
+print 'genlmsghdr: %s' % genlmsghdr.Unpack(iterator)
+print 'nl80211_attr: %s' % nl80211_attr.Unpack(iterator)