import socket client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP) # 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 client.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1) # Enable broadcasting mode client.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1) client.connect(("", 5678)) while True: # Thanks @seym45 for a fix data, addr = client.recvfrom(1024) print("received message: %s"%data)