Just experienced this again with some KOTD kernel on leap 42.1 x64 Linux linux 4.8.0-rc3-1.gc0d2ef5-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 22 14:52:18 UTC 2016 (c0d2ef5) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ifconfig after wake: ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E0:CB:4E:BA:5C:32 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:131380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:85902 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:173796479 (165.7 Mb) TX bytes:8733259 (8.3 Mb) ------- status of NetworkManager.service shows how long the machine had slept systemctl status NetworkManager NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-08-31 23:33:07 CEST; 2 days ago Main PID: 11420 (NetworkManager) CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service ������11420 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon Aug 31 23:44:48 linux NetworkManager[11420]: ATTENTION: You have modified /etc/resolv.conf. Leaving it untouched... Aug 31 23:44:48 linux NetworkManager[11420]: You can find my version in /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig ... Aug 31 23:44:48 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP Aug 31 23:44:48 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> (eth1): link disconnected Sep 03 21:29:54 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> wake requested (sleeping: yes enabled: yes) Sep 03 21:29:54 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> waking up... Sep 03 21:29:54 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Sep 03 21:29:54 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED Sep 03 21:29:57 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> (eth1): link connected Sep 03 21:29:57 linux NetworkManager[11420]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed'... 30 40] Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. I needed to issue a restart of this service to retrieve ipv4 and ipv6 addresses again afterwards the machine has some pcie based realtek gigabit network hwinfo --network 41: None 01.0: 10701 Ethernet [Created at net.125] Unique ID: L2Ua.ndpeucax6V1 Parent ID: JNkJ.7jPWmoeCYd4 SysFS ID: /class/net/eth1 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:02:00.0 Hardware Class: network interface Model: "Ethernet network interface" Driver: "r8169" Driver Modules: "r8169" Device File: eth1 HW Address: e0:cb:4e:ba:5c:32 Link detected: yes Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #20 (Ethernet controller)