diff --git a/ic-os/components/hostos/misc/limited-console b/ic-os/components/hostos/misc/limited-console
index ce580ba0b7d1..2ab768fad850 100644
--- a/ic-os/components/hostos/misc/limited-console
+++ b/ic-os/components/hostos/misc/limited-console
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ show_menu() {
     echo "  service-status          - Show service status (usage: service-status <service-name>)" 
     echo "  view-logs               - View service logs (usage: view-logs <service-name>)"
     echo "  config-json             - Show /boot/config/config.json"
+    echo "  guestos-console-logs    - Show GuestOS Serial Console Logs"
     echo "  network-config-settings - Show network settings from config"
+    echo "  network-interfaces      - Show network interface status"
+    echo "  ip-addresses            - Show all IP addresses"
+    echo "  ping-gateway            - Test connectivity to IPv6 gateway"
+    echo "  routes                  - Show routing table"
     echo "  manual-recovery         - Manual node recovery (ONLY FOR EMERGENCY USE)"
     echo "  rbash-console           - Drop into restricted bash console"
     echo "  clear                   - Clear the console"
@@ -68,6 +73,14 @@ execute_command() {
                 PATH="$RESTRICTED_PATH" \
                 /usr/bin/less /boot/config/config.json
             ;;
+        "guestos-console-logs")
+            echo "=== GuestOS Serial Console Logs ==="
+            env -i \
+                TERM="$TERM" \
+                LESSSECURE=1 \
+                PATH="$RESTRICTED_PATH" \
+                /usr/bin/less -f /var/log/libvirt/qemu/guestos-serial.log
+            ;;
         "network-config-settings")
             echo "=== Network Settings from Config ==="
             local network_settings=$(get_config_value '.network_settings' 2>/dev/null)
@@ -77,6 +90,35 @@ execute_command() {
                 echo "No network settings found in config"
             fi
             ;;
+        "network-interfaces")
+            echo "=== Network Interface Status ==="
+            /bin/ip link show
+            ;;
+        "ip-addresses")
+            echo "=== IP Addresses ==="
+            /bin/ip addr show
+            ;;
+        "ping-gateway")
+            echo "=== Testing IPv6 Gateway Connectivity ==="
+            local gateway=$(/bin/ip -6 route show | awk '/^default/ {print $3}' | head -1)
+            if [ -n "$gateway" ]; then
+                echo "Gateway: $gateway"
+                echo ""
+                /bin/ping6 -c 4 "$gateway" 2>&1
+            else
+                echo "No IPv6 gateway found in routing table"
+                echo "IPv6 routes:"
+                /bin/ip -6 route show
+            fi
+            ;;
+        "routes")
+            echo "=== Routing Table ==="
+            echo "IPv4 routes:"
+            /bin/ip -4 route show
+            echo ""
+            echo "IPv6 routes:"
+            /bin/ip -6 route show
+            ;;
         "manual-recovery")
             echo "=== Manual Node Recovery ==="
             echo "This will perform a manual node recovery. Do not attempt this unless you are certain it is appropriate."
diff --git a/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.common b/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.common
index 7b50c1f9ae35..41088115dc78 100644
--- a/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.common
+++ b/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.common
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ jq
 less
 lvm2
 net-tools
+netcat-openbsd
 nftables
+traceroute
 # NODE-1718: Parted has a conflict with the new libvirt, install it below
 # parted
 python-is-python3
diff --git a/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.dev b/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.dev
index c92d654ec711..35060d48c636 100644
--- a/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.dev
+++ b/ic-os/hostos/context/packages.dev
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ nano
 # packages requested by networking
 tcpdump
 iperf
-netcat-openbsd
 curl
 iputils-ping