diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27f775b2d0d..030cb9a4517 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1017,6 +1017,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-executor"
+version = "1.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497c00e0fd83a72a79a39fcbd8e3e2f055d6f6c7e025f3b3d91f4f8e76527fb8"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-task",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-fs"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8034a681df4aed8b8edbd7fbe472401ecf009251c8b40556b304567052e294c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-lock",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-global-executor"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05b1b633a2115cd122d73b955eadd9916c18c8f510ec9cd1686404c60ad1c29c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-executor",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-io"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -1035,6 +1075,64 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-lock"
+version = "3.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "290f7f2596bd5b78a9fec8088ccd89180d7f9f55b94b0576823bbbdc72ee8311"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "event-listener-strategy",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-net"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b948000fad4873c1c9339d60f2623323a0cfd3816e5181033c6a5cb68b2accf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-process"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc50921ec0055cdd8a16de48773bfeec5c972598674347252c0399676be7da75"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-signal",
+ "async-task",
+ "blocking",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-signal"
+version = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43c070bbf59cd3570b6b2dd54cd772527c7c3620fce8be898406dd3ed6adc64c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+ "slab",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -1057,6 +1155,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.110",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-task"
+version = "4.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b75356056920673b02621b35afd0f7dda9306d03c79a30f5c56c44cf256e3de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.89"
@@ -1464,6 +1568,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blocking"
+version = "1.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e83f8d02be6967315521be875afa792a316e28d57b5a2d401897e2a7921b7f21"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-task",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "piper",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bls"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1909,7 +2026,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fde0e0ec90c9dfb3b4b1a0891a7dcd0e2bffde2f7efed5fe7c9bb00e5bfb915e"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3056,7 +3173,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3646,7 +3763,10 @@ version = "2.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f78e10609fe0e0b3f4157ffab1876319b5b0db102a2c60dc4626306dc46b44ad"
 dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "parking",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -4517,6 +4637,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "netlink-proto",
  "netlink-sys",
  "rtnetlink",
+ "smol",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "windows",
@@ -4676,7 +4797,7 @@ checksum = "3640c1c38b8e4e43584d8df18be5fc6b0aa314ce6ebf51b53313d4306cca8e46"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5432,12 +5553,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "futures",
  "hex",
+ "if-watch",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "libp2p",
  "libp2p-gossipsub",
  "libp2p-mplex",
  "lighthouse_version",
- "local-ip-address",
  "logging",
  "lru 0.12.5",
  "lru_cache",
@@ -5543,18 +5664,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "local-ip-address"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "656b3b27f8893f7bbf9485148ff9a65f019e3f33bd5cdc87c83cab16b3fd9ec8"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "neli",
- "thiserror 2.0.17",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.14"
@@ -6032,31 +6141,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "neli"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93062a0dce6da2517ea35f301dfc88184ce18d3601ec786a727a87bf535deca9"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "neli-proc-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "neli-proc-macros"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c8034b7fbb6f9455b2a96c19e6edf8dc9fc34c70449938d8ee3b4df363f61fe"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "serde",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-core"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -6114,6 +6198,7 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "16c903aa70590cb93691bf97a767c8d1d6122d2cc9070433deb3bbf36ce8bd23"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "libc",
@@ -6272,7 +6357,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6736,6 +6821,17 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "piper"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96c8c490f422ef9a4efd2cb5b42b76c8613d7e7dfc1caf667b8a3350a5acc066"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-io",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkcs8"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -7543,6 +7639,7 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a552eb82d19f38c3beed3f786bd23aa434ceb9ac43ab44419ca6d67a7e186c0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-global-executor",
  "futures",
  "log",
  "netlink-packet-core",
@@ -7689,7 +7786,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8376,6 +8473,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smol"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a33bd3e260892199c3ccfc487c88b2da2265080acb316cd920da72fdfd7c599f"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-executor",
+ "async-fs",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-net",
+ "async-process",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "snap"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -8755,7 +8869,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.2",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10098,7 +10212,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10225,15 +10339,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.59.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.60.2"
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
index efb6f27dc52..b147b1dc5dc 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ fnv = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 gossipsub = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
+if-watch = { version = "3.2.1", features = ["smol"] }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-mplex = "0.43"
 lighthouse_version = { workspace = true }
-local-ip-address = "0.6"
 logging = { workspace = true }
 lru = { workspace = true }
 lru_cache = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/config.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/config.rs
index 416ca73e08e..9a935ef88e2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/config.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use crate::{Enr, PeerIdSerialized};
 use directory::{
     DEFAULT_BEACON_NODE_DIR, DEFAULT_HARDCODED_NETWORK, DEFAULT_NETWORK_DIR, DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR,
 };
+use if_watch::{IpNet, smol::IfWatcher};
 use libp2p::Multiaddr;
-use local_ip_address::local_ipv6;
 use network_utils::listen_addr::{ListenAddr, ListenAddress};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
@@ -262,13 +262,21 @@ impl Config {
     /// A helper function to check if the local host has a globally routeable IPv6 address. If so,
     /// returns true.
     pub fn is_ipv6_supported() -> bool {
-        // If IPv6 is supported
-        let Ok(std::net::IpAddr::V6(local_ip)) = local_ipv6() else {
+        let Ok(mut watcher) = IfWatcher::new() else {
             return false;
         };
 
-        // If its globally routable, return true
-        is_global_ipv6(&local_ip)
+        // Hack to poll for addresses.
+        let mut ctx = std::task::Context::from_waker(futures::task::noop_waker_ref());
+
+        // Ensure all addresses are added.
+        while let std::task::Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) = watcher.poll_if_event(&mut ctx) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        watcher
+            .iter()
+            .any(|addr| matches!(addr, IpNet::V6(ip) if is_global_ipv6(&ip.addr())))
     }
 
     pub fn listen_addrs(&self) -> &ListenAddress {