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Control FreeBSD address-selection policy with ip6addrctl, test application ordering, persist verified changes, and avoid confusing policy with routing.
Diagnose FreeBSD IPv6 router advertisements, SLAAC, default routes, and neighbor state with host and router configurations grounded in official manuals.
Diagnose FreeBSD IPv4 and IPv6 multicast joins with ifmcstat, netstat, packet captures, scope checks, and end-to-end acceptance tests.
Diagnose Linux IPv6 address and route changes by separating Router Advertisements, SLAAC prefix flags, address lifetimes, DAD, and neighbor discovery.
Test IPv6 and multicast discovery in WSL 2 with mirrored networking while separating Linux sockets, Windows firewall policy, and LAN behavior.
Trace the open IETF IPng selection process from address-growth concerns through RFC 1883, RFC 2460, and today's RFC 8200.