diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
index e89d5c79ae0..e22160abe11 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ type NetworkingTestConfig struct {
 	// SessionAffinityService is a Service with SessionAffinity=ClientIP
 	// spanning over all endpointPods.
 	SessionAffinityService *v1.Service
-	// ExternalAddr is a external IP of a node in the cluster.
-	ExternalAddr string
-	// SecondaryExternalAddr is a external IP of the secondary IP family of a node in the cluster.
-	SecondaryExternalAddr string
 	// Nodes is a list of nodes in the cluster.
 	Nodes []v1.Node
 	// MaxTries is the number of retries tolerated for tests run against
@@ -194,9 +190,11 @@ type NetworkingTestConfig struct {
 	ClusterIP string
 	// The SecondaryClusterIP of the Service created by this test config.
 	SecondaryClusterIP string
-	// External ip of first node for use in nodePort testing.
+	// NodeIP it's an ExternalIP if the node has one,
+	// or an InternalIP if not, for use in nodePort testing.
 	NodeIP string
-	// External ip of other IP family of first node for use in nodePort testing.
+	// SecondaryNodeIP it's an ExternalIP of the secondary IP family if the node has one,
+	// or an InternalIP if not, for usein nodePort testing.
 	SecondaryNodeIP string
 	// The http/udp/sctp nodePorts of the Service.
 	NodeHTTPPort int
@@ -779,6 +777,8 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) setup(selector map[string]string) {
 	}
 
 	// Obtain the primary IP family of the Cluster based on the first ClusterIP
+	// TODO: Eventually we should just be getting these from Spec.IPFamilies
+	// but for now that would only if the feature gate is enabled.
 	family := v1.IPv4Protocol
 	secondaryFamily := v1.IPv6Protocol
 	if netutils.IsIPv6String(config.ClusterIP) {
@@ -786,17 +786,13 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) setup(selector map[string]string) {
 		secondaryFamily = v1.IPv4Protocol
 	}
 	// Get Node IPs from the cluster, ExternalIPs take precedence
-	config.ExternalAddr = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeExternalIP, family)
-	if config.ExternalAddr != "" {
-		config.NodeIP = config.ExternalAddr
-	} else {
+	config.NodeIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeExternalIP, family)
+	if config.NodeIP == "" {
 		config.NodeIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeInternalIP, family)
 	}
 	if config.DualStackEnabled {
-		config.SecondaryExternalAddr = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeExternalIP, secondaryFamily)
-		if config.SecondaryExternalAddr != "" {
-			config.SecondaryNodeIP = config.SecondaryExternalAddr
-		} else {
+		config.SecondaryNodeIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeExternalIP, secondaryFamily)
+		if config.SecondaryNodeIP == "" {
 			config.SecondaryNodeIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodeList, v1.NodeInternalIP, secondaryFamily)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/node/resource.go b/test/e2e/framework/node/resource.go
index c44c5bcd097..ce33c29cb5d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/node/resource.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/node/resource.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	netutil "k8s.io/utils/net"
-
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientretry "k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	e2elog "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/log"
+	netutil "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ func GetInternalIP(node *v1.Node) (string, error) {
 	return host, nil
 }
 
-// FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily returns the first address of the given type and family of each node.
+// FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily returns the first address that matches the given type and family of the list of nodes
 func FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodelist *v1.NodeList, addrType v1.NodeAddressType, family v1.IPFamily) string {
 	for _, n := range nodelist.Items {
 		addresses := GetAddressesByTypeAndFamily(&n, addrType, family)
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
index 0f7209ee7a8..19f7727554e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:IPv6DualStackAlphaFeature] [LinuxOnly]", func() {
 			config.DialFromTestContainer("udp", config.SecondaryNodeIP, config.NodeUDPPort, config.MaxTries, 0, config.EndpointHostnames())
 		})
 
-		// Once basic tests checking for the sctp module not to be loaded are implemented, this
-		// needs to be marked as [Disruptive]
+		// [Disruptive] because it conflicts with tests that call CheckSCTPModuleLoadedOnNodes
 		ginkgo.It("should function for pod-Service: sctp [Feature:SCTPConnectivity][Disruptive]", func() {
 			config := e2enetwork.NewNetworkingTestConfig(f, e2enetwork.EnableDualStack, e2enetwork.EnableSCTP)
 			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("dialing(sctp) %v --> %v:%v (config.clusterIP)", config.TestContainerPod.Name, config.SecondaryClusterIP, e2enetwork.ClusterSCTPPort))