diff --git a/client/internal/engine.go b/client/internal/engine.go
index 02062929b..67a20f69f 100644
--- a/client/internal/engine.go
+++ b/client/internal/engine.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Stop() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Start creates a new Wireguard tunnel interface and listens to events from Signal and Management services
+// Start creates a new WireGuard tunnel interface and listens to events from Signal and Management services
 // Connections to remote peers are not established here.
 // However, they will be established once an event with a list of peers to connect to will be received from Management Service
 func (e *Engine) Start() error {
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ func (e *Engine) Start() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	/*transportNet, err := e.newStdNet()
+	transportNet, err := e.newStdNet()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("failed to create pion's stdnet: %s", err)
-	}*/
+	}
+	fmt.Sprint(transportNet)
 
 	err = e.wgInterface.Create()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/internal/engine_stdnet.go b/client/internal/engine_stdnet.go
index b4e05768c..7a6d9c4e0 100644
--- a/client/internal/engine_stdnet.go
+++ b/client/internal/engine_stdnet.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
-	"github.com/pion/transport/v2/stdnet"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 )
 
 func (e *Engine) newStdNet() (*stdnet.Net, error) {
-	return stdnet.NewNet()
+	return stdnet.NewNet(nil, e.config.IFaceBlackList)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/engine_stdnet_android.go b/client/internal/engine_stdnet_android.go
index 976ffd656..84eefaac1 100644
--- a/client/internal/engine_stdnet_android.go
+++ b/client/internal/engine_stdnet_android.go
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package internal
 import "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 
 func (e *Engine) newStdNet() (*stdnet.Net, error) {
-	return stdnet.NewNet(e.config.IFaceDiscover)
+	return stdnet.NewNet(e.config.IFaceDiscover, e.config.IFaceBlackList)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/peer/conn.go b/client/internal/peer/conn.go
index 18f491ad8..5f250bdf0 100644
--- a/client/internal/peer/conn.go
+++ b/client/internal/peer/conn.go
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pion/ice/v2"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl"
-
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/proxy"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/iface"
 	signal "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/client"
 	sProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/signal/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version"
+	"github.com/pion/ice/v2"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // ConnConfig is a peer Connection configuration
@@ -136,32 +134,6 @@ func NewConn(config ConnConfig, statusRecorder *Status, adapter iface.TunAdapter
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// interfaceFilter is a function passed to ICE Agent to filter out not allowed interfaces
-// to avoid building tunnel over them
-func interfaceFilter(blackList []string) func(string) bool {
-
-	return func(iFace string) bool {
-		for _, s := range blackList {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(iFace, s) {
-				log.Debugf("ignoring interface %s - it is not allowed", iFace)
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-		// look for unlisted WireGuard interfaces
-		wg, err := wgctrl.New()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("trying to create a wgctrl client failed with: %v", err)
-			return true
-		}
-		defer func() {
-			_ = wg.Close()
-		}()
-
-		_, err = wg.Device(iFace)
-		return err != nil
-	}
-}
-
 func (conn *Conn) reCreateAgent() error {
 	conn.mu.Lock()
 	defer conn.mu.Unlock()
@@ -179,7 +151,7 @@ func (conn *Conn) reCreateAgent() error {
 		Urls:             conn.config.StunTurn,
 		CandidateTypes:   []ice.CandidateType{ice.CandidateTypeHost, ice.CandidateTypeServerReflexive},
 		FailedTimeout:    &failedTimeout,
-		InterfaceFilter:  interfaceFilter(conn.config.InterfaceBlackList),
+		InterfaceFilter:  stdnet.InterfaceFilter(conn.config.InterfaceBlackList),
 		UDPMux:           conn.config.UDPMux,
 		UDPMuxSrflx:      conn.config.UDPMuxSrflx,
 		NAT1To1IPs:       conn.config.NATExternalIPs,
diff --git a/client/internal/peer/conn_test.go b/client/internal/peer/conn_test.go
index ddee91800..a1fea337a 100644
--- a/client/internal/peer/conn_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/peer/conn_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package peer
 
 import (
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func TestNewConn_interfaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	ignore := []string{iface.WgInterfaceDefault, "tun0", "zt", "ZeroTier", "utun", "wg", "ts",
 		"Tailscale", "tailscale"}
 
-	filter := interfaceFilter(ignore)
+	filter := stdnet.InterfaceFilter(ignore)
 
 	for _, s := range ignore {
 		assert.Equal(t, filter(s), false)
diff --git a/client/internal/peer/stdnet.go b/client/internal/peer/stdnet.go
index 588aaa929..d5fb715ff 100644
--- a/client/internal/peer/stdnet.go
+++ b/client/internal/peer/stdnet.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 package peer
 
 import (
-	"github.com/pion/transport/v2/stdnet"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 )
 
 func (conn *Conn) newStdNet() (*stdnet.Net, error) {
-	return stdnet.NewNet()
+	return stdnet.NewNet(nil, conn.config.InterfaceBlackList)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/peer/stdnet_android.go b/client/internal/peer/stdnet_android.go
index 71a962c21..55c5f3c48 100644
--- a/client/internal/peer/stdnet_android.go
+++ b/client/internal/peer/stdnet_android.go
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package peer
 import "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
 
 func (conn *Conn) newStdNet() (*stdnet.Net, error) {
-	return stdnet.NewNet(conn.iFaceDiscover)
+	return stdnet.NewNet(conn.iFaceDiscover, e.config.IFaceBlackList)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/stdnet/iface_discover.go b/client/internal/stdnet/iface_discover.go
index cbe306e2e..50c3916c2 100644
--- a/client/internal/stdnet/iface_discover.go
+++ b/client/internal/stdnet/iface_discover.go
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ package stdnet
 // to collect network interface information
 type IFaceDiscover interface {
 	// IFaces return with the description of the interfaces
+	// todo refactor this to return []*transport.Interface instead to have it generic and independent from the platform
 	IFaces() (string, error)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/stdnet/stdnet.go b/client/internal/stdnet/stdnet.go
index 311306535..c596e105e 100644
--- a/client/internal/stdnet/stdnet.go
+++ b/client/internal/stdnet/stdnet.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package stdnet
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -18,24 +19,78 @@ import (
 type Net struct {
 	stdnet.Net
 	interfaces []*transport.Interface
+	// interfaceFilter should return true if the given interfaceName is allowed
+	interfaceFilter func(interfaceName string) bool
 }
 
 // NewNet creates a new StdNet instance.
-func NewNet(iFaceDiscover IFaceDiscover) (*Net, error) {
-	n := &Net{}
-
+// iFaceDiscover and disallowList can be nil.
+// iFaceDiscover
+func NewNet(iFaceDiscover IFaceDiscover, disallowList []string) (*Net, error) {
+	n := &Net{interfaceFilter: InterfaceFilter(disallowList)}
 	return n, n.UpdateInterfaces(iFaceDiscover)
 }
 
+func (n *Net) filterInterfaces(interfaces []*transport.Interface) []*transport.Interface {
+	if n.interfaceFilter == nil {
+		return interfaces
+	}
+	result := []*transport.Interface{}
+	for _, iface := range interfaces {
+		if n.interfaceFilter(iface.Name) {
+			result = append(result, iface)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // UpdateInterfaces updates the internal list of network interfaces
-// and associated addresses.
+// and associated addresses filtering them by name.
+// The interfaces are discovered by an external iFaceDiscover function or by a default discoverer if the external one
+// wasn't specified.
 func (n *Net) UpdateInterfaces(iFaceDiscover IFaceDiscover) error {
-	ifacesString, err := iFaceDiscover.IFaces()
+	discoveredInterfaces := []*transport.Interface{}
+	var err error
+	if iFaceDiscover != nil {
+		interfacesString := ""
+		interfacesString, err = iFaceDiscover.IFaces()
+		discoveredInterfaces = parseInterfacesString(interfacesString)
+	} else {
+		// fallback to the default discovering if custom IFaceDiscover wasn't provided
+		discoveredInterfaces, err = discoverInterfaces()
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	n.interfaces = parseInterfacesString(ifacesString)
-	return err
+
+	n.interfaces = n.filterInterfaces(discoveredInterfaces)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func discoverInterfaces() ([]*transport.Interface, error) {
+	ifs := []*transport.Interface{}
+
+	oifs, err := net.Interfaces()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, oif := range oifs {
+		ifc := transport.NewInterface(oif)
+
+		addrs, err := oif.Addrs()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, addr := range addrs {
+			ifc.AddAddress(addr)
+		}
+
+		ifs = append(ifs, ifc)
+	}
+
+	return ifs, nil
 }
 
 // Interfaces returns a slice of interfaces which are available on the
@@ -135,3 +190,29 @@ func parseInterfacesString(interfaces string) []*transport.Interface {
 	}
 	return ifs
 }
+
+// InterfaceFilter is a function passed to ICE Agent to filter out not allowed interfaces
+// to avoid building tunnel over them.
+func InterfaceFilter(disallowList []string) func(string) bool {
+
+	return func(iFace string) bool {
+		for _, s := range disallowList {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(iFace, s) {
+				log.Debugf("ignoring interface %s - it is not allowed", iFace)
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		// look for unlisted WireGuard interfaces
+		wg, err := wgctrl.New()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("trying to create a wgctrl client failed with: %v", err)
+			return true
+		}
+		defer func() {
+			_ = wg.Close()
+		}()
+
+		_, err = wg.Device(iFace)
+		return err != nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/iface/bind/bind.go b/iface/bind/bind.go
index 442e6ad12..a81a35c84 100644
--- a/iface/bind/bind.go
+++ b/iface/bind/bind.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/pion/stun"
-	"github.com/pion/transport/v2/stdnet"
+	"github.com/pion/transport/v2"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/conn"
 	"net"
@@ -14,10 +14,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ICEBind struct {
+	// below fields, initialized on open
 	sharedConn net.PacketConn
 	udpMux     *UniversalUDPMuxDefault
 
-	mu sync.Mutex // protects following fields
+	// below are fields initialized on creation
+	transportNet transport.Net
+	mu           sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// NewICEBind create a new instance of ICEBind with a given transportNet and an interfaceFilter function.
+// The interfaceFilter function is used to exclude interfaces from hole punching (the IPs of that interfaces won't be used as connection candidates)
+// The transportNet can be nil.
+func NewICEBind(transportNet transport.Net, interfaceFilter func(interfaceName string) bool) *ICEBind {
+	return &ICEBind{
+		transportNet: transportNet,
+		mu:           sync.Mutex{},
+	}
 }
 
 func (b *ICEBind) GetICEMux() (*UniversalUDPMuxDefault, error) {
@@ -44,11 +57,7 @@ func (b *ICEBind) Open(uport uint16) ([]conn.ReceiveFunc, uint16, error) {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 	b.sharedConn = ipv4Conn
-	newNet, err := stdnet.NewNet()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
-	}
-	b.udpMux = NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(UniversalUDPMuxParams{UDPConn: b.sharedConn, Net: newNet})
+	b.udpMux = NewUniversalUDPMuxDefault(UniversalUDPMuxParams{UDPConn: b.sharedConn, Net: b.transportNet})
 
 	portAddr1, err := netip.ParseAddrPort(ipv4Conn.LocalAddr().String())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/iface/bind/udp_mux.go b/iface/bind/udp_mux.go
index bcb7b3b7f..22c257e22 100644
--- a/iface/bind/udp_mux.go
+++ b/iface/bind/udp_mux.go
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ func (m *UDPMuxDefault) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
 
 // GetListenAddresses returns the list of addresses that this mux is listening on
 func (m *UDPMuxDefault) GetListenAddresses() []net.Addr {
-	log.Infof("---------------------------------")
 	if len(m.localAddrsForUnspecified) > 0 {
 		return m.localAddrsForUnspecified
 	}
diff --git a/iface/bind/udp_mux_universal.go b/iface/bind/udp_mux_universal.go
index 5732019cf..54d95afa1 100644
--- a/iface/bind/udp_mux_universal.go
+++ b/iface/bind/udp_mux_universal.go
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ type udpConn struct {
 }
 
 func (m *UniversalUDPMuxDefault) GetListenAddresses() []net.Addr {
-	log.Infof("================================")
 	return []net.Addr{m.LocalAddr()}
 }