import socket, time s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) t0 = time.time() s.connect(('192.168.1.100', 8080)) print('connected, holding silently for 95s (Phase 11 keepalive)') time.sleep(95) print('hold done, closing at %.1fs' % (time.time() - t0)) s.close()