host = host or "127.0.0.1" port = port or 13 if arg then host = arg[1] or host port = arg[2] or port end host = socket.toip(host) udp = socket.udp() print("Using host '" ..host.. "' and port " ..port.. "...") err = udp:sendto("anything", host, port) if err then print(err) exit() end dgram, err = udp:receive() if not dgram then print(err) exit() end io.write(dgram)