code: public void activateOptions() {
      if (!isActive()) {
        //      shutdown();
        rThread = new Thread(this);
        rThread.setDaemon(true);
        rThread.start();
        if (advertiseViaMulticastDNS) {
          zeroConf = new ZeroConfSupport(ZONE, port, getName());
          zeroConf.advertise();
        }
  
        active = true;
      }
    }
docs: Starts the SocketReceiver with the current options.