import socket
import time
network = 'irc.geekshed.net'
port = 6667
irc = socket.socket ( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )
irc.connect ( ( network, port ) )
print irc.recv ( 4096 )
irc.send ( 'NICK trollestiabot\r\n' )
irc.send ( 'USER trollestiabot trollestiabot trollestiabot :Python IRC\r\n' )
irc.send ( 'JOIN #trollestiatest\r\n' )
time.sleep(6)
irc.send ( 'PRIVMSG #trollestiatest :Hello World.\r\n' )#sends hello world
while True:
	data = irc.recv ( 6667 )
	if data.find ( 'PING' ) != -1: #looks for ping
		irc.send ( 'PRIVMSG #trollestiatest :PONG.\r\n')#sends pong
	print data
##results

* trollestiabot (~trollesti@D4C0A099.76B44D0.614F4AC8.IP) has joined #trollestiatest
<trollestiabot> Hello World.
<trollestiabot> PONG.
<trollestiabot> PONG.#about a minlater
<trollestiabot> PONG.#another min later