import socket import time server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP) # Enable port reusage so we will be able to run multiple clients and servers on single (host, port). # Do not use socket.SO_REUSEADDR except you using linux(kernel<3.9): goto https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14388706/how-do-so-reuseaddr-and-so-reuseport-differ for more information. # For linux hosts all sockets that want to share the same address and port combination must belong to processes that share the same effective user ID! # So, on linux(kernel>=3.9) you have to run multiple servers and clients under one user to share the same (host, port). # Thanks to @stevenreddie # server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1) # Enable broadcasting mode server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1) # Set a timeout so the socket does not block # indefinitely when trying to receive data. server.settimeout(0.2) message = b"your very important message" while True: server.sendto(message, ("192.168.178.255", 37020)) print("message sent!") time.sleep(1)