import socket, time SERVER_IP = "127.0.0.1" CLIENT_IP = "127.0.0.1" SERVER_PORT = 15000 CLIENT_PORT = 15001 while(1): sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) sock.settimeout(5) sock.bind(("0.0.0.0",SERVER_PORT)) sock.sendto(str(time.time()), (CLIENT_IP, CLIENT_PORT)) try: (inMessage, address) = sock.recvfrom(1024) except socket.timeout: inMessage = None except socket.error: print "Socket error!" inMessage = None time.sleep(1)