code: def send(self, packet, retry=True):
          
          if not self.keep_listening:
              self.log('is down.')
              return
  
          try:
              # (because the IRC server sees this link as 1 connection no matter how many nodes use it, it wont send enough copies of the packet back)
              # for each node listening to this link object locally
              for mac_addr, recv_queue in self.inq.items():
                  recv_queue.put(packet) # put the packet directly in their in queue
              # then send it down the wire to the IRC channel
              self.net_socket.send(('PRIVMSG %s :%s\r\n' % (self.channel, packet.decode())).encode('utf-8'))
          except Exception as e:
              self.log("Link failed to send packet over socket %s" % e)
              sleep(0.2)
              if retry:
                  self.send(packet, retry=False)
docs: send a packet down the line to the inteface