while( (time.time()-recieveTime) < runTime):
#care about db3 or packet[8] that we want to count at the rate that it is
dT = time.time()-tpast
while( (time.time()-recieveTime) < runTime):
#care about db3 or packet[8] that we want to count at the rate that it is
dT = time.time()-tpast