diff --git a/etc/rc.d/network_ipv6 b/etc/rc.d/network_ipv6
index 0b0f80fe6dc..124795d7519 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/network_ipv6
+++ b/etc/rc.d/network_ipv6
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ network6_static_routes_setup() {
 network6_default_interface_setup() {
 	# Choose IPv6 default interface if it is not clearly specified.
 	case ${ipv6_default_interface} in
-	[Nn][Oo] | '')
+	'')
 		for i in ${ipv6_network_interfaces}; do
 			laddr=`network6_getladdr $i exclude_tentative`
 			case ${laddr} in
@@ -339,14 +339,13 @@ network6_default_interface_setup() {
 	case ${ipv6_default_interface} in
 	[Nn][Oo] | '')
 		route add -inet6 fe80:: -prefixlen 10 ::1 -reject
-		route add -inet6 ff02:: -prefixlen 16 ::1 -reject
+		route add -inet6 fec0:: -prefixlen 10 ::1 -reject
 		;;
 	*)
 		laddr=`network6_getladdr ${ipv6_default_interface}`
-		route add -inet6 fe80:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 10 -interface \
-			-cloning
-		route add -inet6 ff02:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 16 -interface \
+		route add -inet6 fec0:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 10 -interface \
 			-cloning
+		ndp -I ${ipv6_default_interface}
 		;;
 	esac
 }
diff --git a/etc/rc.network6 b/etc/rc.network6
index 0b0f80fe6dc..124795d7519 100644
--- a/etc/rc.network6
+++ b/etc/rc.network6
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ network6_static_routes_setup() {
 network6_default_interface_setup() {
 	# Choose IPv6 default interface if it is not clearly specified.
 	case ${ipv6_default_interface} in
-	[Nn][Oo] | '')
+	'')
 		for i in ${ipv6_network_interfaces}; do
 			laddr=`network6_getladdr $i exclude_tentative`
 			case ${laddr} in
@@ -339,14 +339,13 @@ network6_default_interface_setup() {
 	case ${ipv6_default_interface} in
 	[Nn][Oo] | '')
 		route add -inet6 fe80:: -prefixlen 10 ::1 -reject
-		route add -inet6 ff02:: -prefixlen 16 ::1 -reject
+		route add -inet6 fec0:: -prefixlen 10 ::1 -reject
 		;;
 	*)
 		laddr=`network6_getladdr ${ipv6_default_interface}`
-		route add -inet6 fe80:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 10 -interface \
-			-cloning
-		route add -inet6 ff02:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 16 -interface \
+		route add -inet6 fec0:: ${laddr} -prefixlen 10 -interface \
 			-cloning
+		ndp -I ${ipv6_default_interface}
 		;;
 	esac
 }