import socket sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.settimeout(10) try: r = sock.connect(('127.0.0.1', 12345)) sock.send('test message') except socket.error, e: print 'Error: %s' % e import socket sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', 12345)) sock.listen(1) try: while True: