diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4039.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/4039.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed4ec67ae3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4039.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactor: moving parse_ip_route to misc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
index 6aa539c6533..e3dde28efae 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     check_valid_ip,
     check_valid_port,
     create_temp_dir,
+    parse_ip_route,
 )
 from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import threaded  # type: ignore
 from ansys.mapdl.core.plotting import GraphicsBackend
@@ -2025,7 +2026,7 @@ def set_license_switch(license_type: str | None, additional_switches: str) -> st
 def _get_windows_host_ip() -> str | None:
     output = _run_ip_route()
     if output:
-        return _parse_ip_route(output)
+        return parse_ip_route(output)
 
 
 def _run_ip_route() -> str | None:
@@ -2045,13 +2046,6 @@ def _run_ip_route() -> str | None:
         return p.stdout.decode()
 
 
-def _parse_ip_route(output: str) -> str | None:
-    match = re.findall(r"(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}).*", output)
-
-    if match:
-        return match[0]
-
-
 def get_slurm_options(
     args: Dict[str, Any],
     kwargs: Dict[str, Any],
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
index 79063054277..d81f4b72029 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/misc.py
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ def check_valid_ip(ip: str) -> None:
         socket.inet_aton(ip)
 
 
+def parse_ip_route(output: str) -> str | None:
+    match = re.findall(r"(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}).*", output)
+
+    if match:
+        return match[0]
+
+
 def check_valid_port(
     port: int, lower_bound: int = 1000, high_bound: int = 60000
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index c1d4445bc41..10d8c0e626d 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     _HAS_ATP,
     LOCALHOST,
     _is_ubuntu,
-    _parse_ip_route,
     check_mapdl_launch_on_hpc,
     check_mode,
     force_smp_in_student,
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
     update_env_vars,
 )
 from ansys.mapdl.core.licensing import LICENSES
-from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import check_has_mapdl, stack
+from ansys.mapdl.core.misc import check_has_mapdl, parse_ip_route, stack
 from conftest import (
     ON_LOCAL,
     PATCH_MAPDL,
@@ -589,13 +588,13 @@ def test__parse_ip_route():
     output = """default via 172.25.192.1 dev eth0 proto kernel <<<=== this
 172.25.192.0/20 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.25.195.101 <<<=== not this"""
 
-    assert "172.25.192.1" == _parse_ip_route(output)
+    assert "172.25.192.1" == parse_ip_route(output)
 
     output = """
 default via 172.23.112.1 dev eth0 proto kernel
 172.23.112.0/20 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.23.121.145"""
 
-    assert "172.23.112.1" == _parse_ip_route(output)
+    assert "172.23.112.1" == parse_ip_route(output)
 
 
 def test_launched(mapdl, cleared):