diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Wrappers.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Wrappers.php
index 9a9adf114..d969236d8 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Wrappers.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Wrappers.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function port_name($port) {
   return substr($port,-2)!='n1' ? $port : substr($port,0,-2);
 }
 function exceed($value, $limit, $top=100) {
-  return $limit>0 ? ($value>$limit && $value<=$top) : false;
+  return is_numeric($value) && $limit>0 ? ($value>$limit && $value<=$top) : false;
 }
 function ipaddr($ethX='eth0', $prot=4) {
   global $$ethX;
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_2 b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_2
index c0d0a6a65..ccb68565f 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_2
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/update_2
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function device_status(&$disk, &$error, &$warning) {
 function device_temp(&$disk, &$red, &$orange) {
   global $display;
   $spin = strpos(_var($disk,'color'),'blink')===false;
-  $temp = _var($disk,'temp','*');
+  $temp = _var($disk,'temp');
   $dev  = _var($disk,'device');
   $nvme = _var($disk,'transport')=='nvme';
   [$hotNVME,$maxNVME] = $nvme ? get_nvme_info($dev,'temp') : [-1,-1];
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ function device_temp(&$disk, &$red, &$orange) {
   $max  = _var($disk,'maxTemp',-1)>=0 ? $disk['maxTemp'] : ($maxNVME>=0 ? $maxNVME : (_var($disk,'rotational',1)==0 && $display['maxssd']>=0 ? $display['maxssd'] : $display['max']));
   $top  = $display['top'] ?? 120;
   $color= 'green';
-  if (exceed($temp,$max,$top)) {
+  if (exceed($temp,$max,$top) || (is_numeric($temp) && $temp<0)) {
     $color = 'red'; $red++;
   } elseif (exceed($temp,$hot,$top)) {
     $color = 'orange'; $orange++;
   }
-  return (($spin && $temp>0) ? "<span class='$color-text'>".my_temp($temp)."</span>" : "*").($nvme ? my_power($dev) : "");
+  return ($spin ? "<span class='$color-text'>".my_temp($temp)."</span>" : "*").($nvme ? my_power($dev) : "");
 }
 function device_smart(&$disk, &$fail, &$smart) {
   global $numbers,$saved;
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ function device_smart(&$disk, &$fail, &$smart) {
   $text   = _('healthy');
   $color  = 'green';
   $file   = "state/smart/$name";
-  if (file_exists("$file") && exec("grep -Pom1 '^SMART.*: \K[A-Z]+' ".escapeshellarg($file)." |tr -d '\n' 2>/dev/null", $ssa) && in_array("$ssa",$failed)) {
+  $ssa    = file_exists($file) ? exec("grep -Pom1 '^SMART.+: \K[A-Z]+' ".escapeshellarg($file)) : "";
+  if (in_array($ssa,$failed)) {
     $title = _('SMART health-check failed')."\n"; $thumb = 'thumbs-o-down'; $color = 'red'; $text = 'fail'; $fail++;
   } else {
     if (empty($saved["smart"]["$named.ack"])) {
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 b/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
index fe73721a1..62241f160 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@
 # - added interface carrier check before assigning IP address (DHCP or static)
 # - added "status" command
 
-# Bergware - modified for Unraid OS, October 2023
+# Adapted by Bergware for use in Unraid OS - December 2023
+# - added functions to remove leading zeros in IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
+
+# Bergware - modified for Unraid OS, December 2023
 
 ###########
 # LOGGING #
@@ -137,6 +140,19 @@ lo_down(){
 # INTERFACE FUNCTIONS #
 #######################
 
+# function to remove leading zeros in IPv4 address
+unzero(){
+  local M Q
+  echo -n $(for Q in ${1//./ }; do printf "$M%x" "0x$Q"; M=.; done)
+}
+
+# function to remove leading zeros in IPv6 address
+unzero6(){
+  local A M Q
+  A=${1/::/:-:}
+  echo -n $(for Q in ${A//:/ }; do [[ $Q != - ]] && printf "$M%x" "0x$Q" || printf ":"; M=:; done)
+}
+
 # function to get link mtu size
 get_mtu(){
   ip link show $1 | grep -Po 'mtu \K\d+'
@@ -377,14 +393,14 @@ ipaddr_up(){
       [[ $j -eq 0 ]] && ADDR=${IPADDR[$i]} || ADDR=${IPADDR[$i,$j]}
       if [[ -n $ADDR ]]; then
         [[ $j -eq 0 ]] && MASK=${NETMASK[$i]} || MASK=${NETMASK[$i,$j]}
-        [[ -n $MASK ]] && run ip -4 addr add $ADDR/$MASK dev $IFACE metric 1
+        [[ -n $MASK ]] && run ip -4 addr add $(unzero $ADDR)/$MASK dev $IFACE metric 1
       fi
     fi
     if [[ $IP != ipv4 ]]; then
       [[ $j -eq 0 ]] && ADDR6=${IPADDR6[$i]} || ADDR6=${IPADDR6[$i,$j]}
       if [[ -n $ADDR6 ]]; then
         [[ $j -eq 0 ]] && MASK6=${NETMASK6[$i]} || MASK6=${NETMASK6[$i,$j]}
-        [[ -n $MASK6 ]] && run ip -6 addr add $ADDR6/$MASK6 dev $IFACE metric 1
+        [[ -n $MASK6 ]] && run ip -6 addr add $(unzero6 $ADDR6)/$MASK6 dev $IFACE metric 1
         [[ -n $PRIV6 && -d $CONF6/$IFACE ]] && echo 0 >$CONF6/$IFACE/use_tempaddr
       fi
     fi
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt b/etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt
index 41236c822..c6a3935a7 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt
@@ -181,14 +181,15 @@ libvirtd_start(){
     return 1
   fi
   # convert libvirt 1.3.1 w/ eric's hyperv vendor id patch to how libvirt does it in libvirt 1.3.3+
-  sed -ri "s/<vendor id='none'\/>/<vendor_id state='on' value='none'\/>/g" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml &>/dev/null
+  sed -ri "s/<vendor id='none'\/>/<vendor_id state='on' value='none'\/>/g" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml 2>/dev/null
   # remove <locked/> from xml because libvirt + virlogd + virlockd has an issue with locked
-  sed -ri "/<locked\/>/d" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml &>/dev/null
+  sed -ri "/<locked\/>/d" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml 2>/dev/null
   # Remove "<watchdog model='itco' action='reset'/>" if reverting from later release.
   . /etc/unraid-version
-  [[ $(version $version) -le $(version "6.12") ]] && sed -ri "/<watchdog model='itco' action='reset'\/>/d" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml &>/dev/null
+  [[ $(version $version) -le $(version "6.12") ]] && sed -ri "/<watchdog model='itco' action='reset'\/>/d" /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml 2>/dev/null
   # update interface section((s) of VM configuration files
   for XML in /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml; do
+    [[ -f "$XML" ]] || continue
     # get all interface sections
     ROW=($(grep -nhP '<interface type=' "$XML" | grep -Pom1 '^[0-9]+'))
     # get all source sections