Simple UDP broadcast client/server snippet

udp.py

#!/usr/bin/python
mode="SERVER"#mode="CLIENT"
port = 54545bufferSize = 1024
import socketimport select
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
if mode == "SERVER" :    s.sendto('This is a test', ('255.255.255.255', port))else:    s.bind(('<broadcast>', port))    s.setblocking(0)    while True:        result=select.select([s],[],[])        msg = result[0][0].recv(bufferSize)        print msg