diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index ef7973888..e614e3237 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -154,17 +154,7 @@ func initCfg(path string) *cfg {
 	log, err := logger.NewLogger(viperCfg)
 	fatalOnErr(err)
 
-	viperCfg.GetString(cfgListenAddress)
-
-	endpoint, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(viperCfg.GetString(cfgListenAddress))
-	fatalOnErr(err)
-
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(strings.Join([]string{
-		"/ip4",
-		endpoint,
-		"tcp",
-		port,
-	}, "/"))
+	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(viperCfg.GetString(cfgBootstrapAddress))
 	fatalOnErr(err)
 
 	return &cfg{
diff --git a/pkg/network/address.go b/pkg/network/address.go
index 03ec744fc..1e882bc71 100644
--- a/pkg/network/address.go
+++ b/pkg/network/address.go
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-net"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+/*
+	HostAddr strings: 	"localhost:8080", ":8080", "192.168.0.1:8080"
+	MultiAddr strings: 	"/dns4/localhost/tcp/8080", "/ip4/192.168.0.1/tcp/8080"
+	IPAddr strings:		"192.168.0.1:8080"
+*/
+
+const (
+	L4Protocol = "tcp"
+)
+
 // Address represents the NeoFS node
 // network address.
 type Address struct {
@@ -18,12 +31,13 @@ type LocalAddressSource interface {
 	LocalAddress() *Address
 }
 
+// String returns multiaddr string
 func (a Address) String() string {
 	return a.ma.String()
 }
 
-// NetAddr returns network endpoint address in string format.
-func (a Address) NetAddr() (string, error) {
+// IPAddrString returns network endpoint address in string format.
+func (a Address) IPAddrString() (string, error) {
 	ip, err := manet.ToNetAddr(a.ma)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "could not get net addr")
@@ -32,11 +46,19 @@ func (a Address) NetAddr() (string, error) {
 	return ip.String(), nil
 }
 
-// AddressFromString restores address from a string representation.
+// AddressFromString restores address from a multiaddr string representation.
 func AddressFromString(s string) (*Address, error) {
 	ma, err := multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		s, err = multiaddrStringFromHostAddr(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		ma, err = multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s) // don't want recursion there
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return &Address{
@@ -44,6 +66,30 @@ func AddressFromString(s string) (*Address, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// multiaddrStringFromHostAddr converts "localhost:8080" to "/dns4/localhost/tcp/8080"
+func multiaddrStringFromHostAddr(host string) (string, error) {
+	endpoint, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var (
+		prefix = "/dns4"
+		addr   = endpoint
+	)
+
+	if ip := net.ParseIP(endpoint); ip != nil {
+		addr = ip.String()
+		if ip.To4() == nil {
+			prefix = "/ip6"
+		} else {
+			prefix = "/ip4"
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join([]string{prefix, addr, L4Protocol, port}, "/"), nil
+}
+
 // IsLocalAddress returns true if network endpoint from local address
 // source is equal to network endpoint of passed address.
 func IsLocalAddress(src LocalAddressSource, addr *Address) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/network/address_test.go b/pkg/network/address_test.go
index ed2ea0d87..23ea712ad 100644
--- a/pkg/network/address_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/address_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestAddress_NetAddr(t *testing.T) {
 	addr, err := AddressFromString(ma.String())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	netAddr, err := addr.NetAddr()
+	netAddr, err := addr.IPAddrString()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, ip+":"+port, netAddr)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
index d53aff501..8898c9f22 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (h *remoteHeader) head(ctx context.Context, prm *Prm, handler func(*object.
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", h)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := h.node.NetAddr()
+	addr, err := h.node.IPAddrString()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
index 69b401d8e..e4489a0ab 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (t *remoteTarget) Close() (*transformer.AccessIdentifiers, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", t)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := t.addr.NetAddr()
+	addr, err := t.addr.IPAddrString()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/range/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/range/remote.go
index 1d40315fc..9e82932ab 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/range/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/range/remote.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (r *remoteRangeWriter) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", r)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := r.node.NetAddr()
+	addr, err := r.node.IPAddrString()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/rangehash/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/rangehash/remote.go
index 1dbcaaf08..f873b4eb1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/rangehash/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/rangehash/remote.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (h *remoteHasher) hashRange(ctx context.Context, prm *Prm, handler func([][
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", h)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := h.node.NetAddr()
+	addr, err := h.node.IPAddrString()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
index f96d50593..f70f41f7a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (s *remoteStream) stream(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- []*object.ID) error
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", s)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := s.addr.NetAddr()
+	addr, err := s.addr.IPAddrString()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}