I've got the machine from my parents today. I'm also not able to reproduce it here, it looks like it happens most of the time with a Fritz!Box 7330. Looks like a Packet of Death from the Fritz!Box :-) Looks like I need a workaround like: if dmesg | tail -50 | grep "Call Trace"; then rmmod iwldvm iwlwifi mac80211 cfg8011 modprobe iwlwifi fi Not sure if this works as NetworkManager dispatcher script.