diff --git a/src/edu/nps/moves/dis7/utilities/DisThreadedNetIF.java b/src/edu/nps/moves/dis7/utilities/DisThreadedNetIF.java
index c6885aef4e12d0e039252803827f5b334152b086..9c4cb092cb9cc579901965111a9c23f78a707811 100644
--- a/src/edu/nps/moves/dis7/utilities/DisThreadedNetIF.java
+++ b/src/edu/nps/moves/dis7/utilities/DisThreadedNetIF.java
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class DisThreadedNetIF
   }
 
   /* find proper interface */
-  private static NetworkInterface findIp4Interface() throws SocketException
+  public static NetworkInterface findIp4Interface() throws SocketException
   {
     Enumeration<NetworkInterface> ifaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
     NetworkInterface nif;