diff --git a/network/net.go b/network/net.go
index b5658a73..6be43dcf 100644
--- a/network/net.go
+++ b/network/net.go
@@ -271,3 +271,18 @@ func ActivateInterface(name string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func GatewayProvidedByUser(iface *Endpoint, gateway string) (*Endpoint, error) {
+	Debug("GatewayProvidedByUser(%s) [cmd=%v opts=%v parser=%v]", gateway, IPv4RouteCmd, IPv4RouteCmdOpts, IPv4RouteParser)
+	if IPv4Validator.MatchString(gateway) {
+		Debug("valid gateway ip %s", gateway)
+		// we have the address, now we need its mac
+		if mac, err := ArpLookup(iface.Name(), gateway, false); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else {
+			Debug("gateway is %s[%s]", gateway, mac)
+			return NewEndpoint(gateway, mac), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Provided gateway %s not a valid IPv4 address! Revert to find default gateway.", gateway)
+}
diff --git a/network/net_gateway.go b/network/net_gateway.go
index cda8ba1f..4b2cb268 100644
--- a/network/net_gateway.go
+++ b/network/net_gateway.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package network
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bettercap/bettercap/core"
@@ -49,18 +48,3 @@ func FindGateway(iface *Endpoint) (*Endpoint, error) {
 	Debug("FindGateway(%s): nothing found :/", iface.Name())
 	return nil, ErrNoGateway
 }
-
-func GatewayProvidedByUser(iface *Endpoint, gateway string) (*Endpoint, error) {
-	Debug("GatewayProvidedByUser(%s) [cmd=%v opts=%v parser=%v]", gateway, IPv4RouteCmd, IPv4RouteCmdOpts, IPv4RouteParser)
-	if IPv4Validator.MatchString(gateway) {
-		Debug("valid gateway ip %s", gateway)
-		// we have the address, now we need its mac
-		if mac, err := ArpLookup(iface.Name(), gateway, false); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			Debug("gateway is %s[%s]", gateway, mac)
-			return NewEndpoint(gateway, mac), nil
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Provided gateway %s not a valid IPv4 address! Revert to find default gateway.", gateway)
-}