diff --git a/pkg/postinstall b/pkg/postinstall
index 030a6aa..2f56966 100755
--- a/pkg/postinstall
+++ b/pkg/postinstall
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-NETWORK=${NETWORK:-yes}
 SERVICES=${SERVICES:-one-context-local one-context-online one-context}
 TIMERS=${TIMERS:-one-context-reconfigure.timer}
 
@@ -73,8 +72,8 @@ fi
 
 ### Cleanup network configuration ##########################
 
-if [ "${NETWORK}" != 'yes' ]; then
-    exit
+if [ -f /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf ]; then
+    rm -f /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf
 fi
 
 # Debian based distros
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ if [ -d /etc/network ]; then
     # Prepare network files
     cp /etc/network/interfaces "/etc/network/interfaces.$(date '+%s')"
     rm -rf /etc/network/interfaces.d
-    rm -rf /etc/netplan/*
 
     cat > /etc/network/interfaces <<EOT
 # The loopback network interface
@@ -98,17 +96,17 @@ EOT
 #    fi
 fi
 
-# RedHat based distros
-if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ]; then
+# Red Hat based distros
+if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ ]; then
     # Prepare network files
     find /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts -type f \
-        \( -name 'ifcfg-*' -o -name 'route-*' \) \
-        ! -name 'ifcfg-lo' ! -name 'route-lo' \
+        \( -name 'ifcfg-*' -o -name 'route-*' -o -name 'route6-*' \) \
+        ! -name 'ifcfg-lo' ! -name 'route-lo' ! -name 'route6-lo' \
         -exec rm -f {} \;
 fi
 
 # openSUSE based distros
-if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
+if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network/ ]; then
     # Prepare network files
     find /etc/sysconfig/network -type f \
         \( -name 'ifcfg-*' -o -name 'ifroute-*' -o -name 'ifsysctl-*' \) \
@@ -117,10 +115,27 @@ if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
 
     rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network/routes /etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl
 
-    sed -i '/^NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS=/ s/=.*$/="/' /etc/sysconfig/network/config
+    sed -i '/^NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS=/ s/=.*$/=""/' /etc/sysconfig/network/config
     sed -i '/^NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST=/ s/=.*$/=""/' /etc/sysconfig/network/config
 fi
 
+# Netplan
+if [ -d /etc/netplan/ ]; then
+    rm -f /etc/netplan/*
+fi
+
+# NetworkManager
+if [ -d /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ ]; then
+    rm -f /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*
+fi
+
+# systemd-networkd
+if [ -d /etc/systemd/network/ ]; then
+    rm -f \
+        /etc/systemd/networkd/*.network \
+        /etc/systemd/networkd/*.link
+fi
+
 # FreeBSD based distros
 #TODO: pfsense paths?
 if [ -x /bin/freebsd-version ]; then
diff --git a/src/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/opennebula.conf##linux.one b/src/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/one-context.conf##linux.one
similarity index 100%
rename from src/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/opennebula.conf##linux.one
rename to src/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/one-context.conf##linux.one
diff --git a/src/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d/netplan-ipv6-privacy-off##deb b/src/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d/netplan-ipv6-privacy-off##deb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bed7e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d/netplan-ipv6-privacy-off##deb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright 2002-2021, OpenNebula Project, OpenNebula Systems                #
+#                                                                            #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    #
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    #
+# a copy of the License at                                                   #
+#                                                                            #
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 #
+#                                                                            #
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        #
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          #
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   #
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        #
+# limitations under the License.                                             #
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# As of Netplan 0.102, the NetworkManager renderer can only enable
+# IPv6 privacy if ipv6-privacy == true, but doesn't disable it if false.
+# Instead of enforcing any global defaults, we set IPv6 privacy via sysctl
+# on Netplan described interfaces in case the current settings is -1 (unknown),
+# i.e. not explicitly configured. This is a forward compatible workaround, once
+# Netplan properly sets NM ipv6.ip6-privacy=0, this code won't be effective.
+
+case "${CONNECTION_ID}" in
+    netplan-*)
+        IP6_PRIVACY=$(nmcli -g ipv6.ip6-privacy con show "${CONNECTION_UUID}")
+
+        # overwrite only unknown state
+        if [ "${IP6_PRIVACY}" = '-1' ]; then
+            sysctl -q -w "net.ipv6.conf.${DEVICE_IFACE}.use_tempaddr=0"
+
+            # delete any existing temporary IPv6 addresses
+            ip -6 address show dev "${DEVICE_IFACE}" | \
+                grep 'inet6.*temporary' | \
+                tr -s ' ' | \
+                cut -d' ' -f 3 | \
+                xargs -r -n1 ip -6 address del dev "${DEVICE_IFACE}"
+        fi
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/src/etc/devd/context.conf##bsd b/src/etc/devd/one-context.conf##bsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/etc/devd/context.conf##bsd
rename to src/etc/devd/one-context.conf##bsd
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network
index e5d3bf6..5df5d98 100755
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ if [ -z "${NETCFG_TYPE}" ] ; then
         fedora|centos|rhel|almalinux|ol|rocky)
             NETCFG_TYPE='scripts nm networkd'
             ;;
-        opensuse*)
-            NETCFG_TYPE='scripts nm networkd'
+        opensuse*|sles|sled)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='scripts'
             ;;
         freebsd)
             NETCFG_TYPE='bsd'
@@ -52,13 +52,44 @@ if [ -z "${NETCFG_TYPE}" ] ; then
             NETCFG_TYPE='none'
             ;;
     esac
+else
+    # trim and lowercase
+    NETCFG_TYPE=$(echo "$NETCFG_TYPE" | \
+        sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | \
+        tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+    # support alternative names for some configuration renderers
+    case "${NETCFG_TYPE}" in
+        networkmanager)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='nm'
+            ;;
+        systemd-networkd|systemd-network|systemd)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='networkd'
+            ;;
+        redhat)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='scripts'
+            ;;
+        debian)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='interfaces'
+            ;;
+        freebsd)
+            NETCFG_TYPE='bsd'
+            ;;
+    esac
 fi
 
 if [ "${NETCFG_TYPE}" != 'none' ] ; then
     _found_valid_netcfg='no'
+
+    # from a space separated list of $NECFG_TYPE candidates check one
+    # by one and select the first suitable one for current environment
     for _cfgtype in ${NETCFG_TYPE} ; do
-        if [ -e "/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-${_cfgtype}" ] ; then
-            . "/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-${_cfgtype}"
+        _cfgtype_file="/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-$(basename "${_cfgtype}")"
+
+        if [ -e "${_cfgtype_file}" ] ; then
+            # reload functions to reset back any overrides from prev. netcfg-X
+            .  /etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/functions
+            . "${_cfgtype_file}"
         else
             echo "ERROR [!]: Requested network type is not implemented: ${_cfgtype}" >&2
             exit 1
@@ -121,6 +152,7 @@ case "$action" in
     reconfigure)
         configure_network
         reload_network
+        # wait_online
         ;;
     *)
         echo "ERROR [!]: Unknown ACTION: ${action}" >&2
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network-pci##one b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network-pci##one
index d88269f..6c5bae1 100755
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network-pci##one
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network-pci##one
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ for pci in $PCI_INTERFACES; do
     GATEWAY=$(get_iface_var "GATEWAY")
     METRIC=$(get_iface_var "METRIC")
     MTU=$(get_iface_var "MTU")
-    MTU=${MTU:-1500}
     VLAN_ID=$(get_iface_var "VLAN_ID")
 
     IP6=$(get_iface_var "IP6")
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/functions b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/functions
index 9f64f72..2854ccc 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/functions
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/functions
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ initialize_network()
             ;;
         *)
             mkdir -p /etc/sysctl.d/
-            rm -f /etc/sysctl.d/00-opennebula-netcfg.conf
-            sysctl -p
+            rm -f /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf
+            sysctl --system 2>/dev/null || sysctl -p
             ;;
     esac
 
@@ -64,14 +64,17 @@ initialize_network()
         # network-scripts
         rm -f \
             "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-${dev}" \
+            "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route6-${dev}" \
+            "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${dev}" \
             "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-${dev}" \
             "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl-${dev}" \
-            "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${dev}" \
             "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-${dev}" \
             ;
 
         # networkd
-        rm -f "/etc/systemd/network/${dev}.network"
+        rm -f \
+            "/etc/systemd/network/${dev}.network" \
+            "/etc/systemd/network/${dev}.link"
 
         # nm (on RH systems it was deleted with ifcfg-*)
         for _nm_con in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/* ; do
@@ -81,13 +84,70 @@ initialize_network()
         done
     done
 
+    # To avoid clashes when running legacy network-scripts and
+    # NetworkManager/networkd, we disable old-style networking
+    # on Red Hats and enable later back only if needed.
+    if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ ]; then
+        touch /etc/sysconfig/network
+        sed -i -e '/^NETWORKING=/d' /etc/sysconfig/network
+        echo 'NETWORKING=no' >>/etc/sysconfig/network
+    fi
+
     # interfaces
     if [ -e /etc/network/interfaces ] ; then
-        cat /dev/null > /etc/network/interfaces
+        cat <<EOT >/etc/network/interfaces
+# Generated by one-context
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
+
+EOT
+
+        case "${os_id}" in
+            debian|ubuntu|devuan)
+                echo "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
 
     # netplan
-    rm -f /etc/netplan/00-opennebula-generated-network.yaml
+    rm -f /etc/netplan/50-one-context.yaml
+
+    nm_disable
+}
+
+nm_disable() {
+    if [ -d /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/ ] &&
+       ! [ -e /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/50-unmanaged-devices.conf ];
+    then
+        cat - <<EOF >/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/50-unmanaged-devices.conf
+# Generated by one-context
+
+# NOTE: NetworkManager was dynamically disabled by OpenNebula
+# contextualization scripts because interfaces are managed by
+# different network service!
+
+[keyfile]
+unmanaged-devices=*
+EOF
+
+        if command -v systemctl >/dev/null; then
+            systemctl --no-block try-reload-or-restart NetworkManager.service 2>/dev/null
+        else
+            service NetworkManager reload 2>/dev/null
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+nm_enable() {
+    if [ -e /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/50-unmanaged-devices.conf ]; then
+        rm -f /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/50-unmanaged-devices.conf
+
+        if command -v systemctl >/dev/null; then
+            systemctl --no-block try-reload-or-restart NetworkManager.service 2>/dev/null
+        else
+            service NetworkManager reload 2>/dev/null
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 configure_network()
@@ -141,6 +201,14 @@ detect_os()
         # shellcheck disable=SC1091
         . /etc/os-release
         echo "$ID" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
+
+    # check for legacy RHEL/CentOS 6
+    elif [ -f /etc/centos-release ]; then
+        echo 'centos'
+    elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+        echo 'redhat'
+
+    # fallback to uname (returns Linux, FreeBSD, ...)
     else
         uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
     fi
@@ -160,8 +228,42 @@ disable_ipv6()
             echo "ERROR [!]: Disabling of IPv6 on '${os_id}' is not supported" >&2
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.d/00-opennebula-netcfg.conf
-            sysctl -w "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.disable_ipv6=1"
+            # VH-TODO: do we suport runtime enable?
+            for S in \
+                "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.disable_ipv6=1" \
+                "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.autoconf=0" \
+                "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.accept_ra=0";
+            do
+                # don't duplicate entries on recontextualization
+                if ! grep -Fxq "${S}" /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf 2>/dev/null; then
+                    echo "${S}" >> /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf
+                fi
+
+                sysctl -w "${S}" >/dev/null
+            done
+            ;;
+    esac
+)
+
+# arg: <iface>
+disable_ipv6_privacy()
+(
+    case "${os_id}" in
+        freebsd)
+            echo "ERROR [!]: Disabling of IPv6 privacy on '${os_id}' is not supported" >&2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2066
+            for S in \
+                "net.ipv6.conf.${1}.use_tempaddr=0";
+            do
+                # don't duplicate entries on recontextualization
+                if ! grep -Fxq "${S}" /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf 2>/dev/null; then
+                    echo "${S}" >> /etc/sysctl.d/50-one-context.conf
+                fi
+
+                sysctl -w "${S}" >/dev/null
+            done
             ;;
     esac
 )
@@ -186,13 +288,13 @@ skip_interface()
             _skip4=no
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "ERROR [!]: Unknown IPv4 method: ${method}" >&2
-            exit 1
+            echo "ERROR [!]: Unknown IPv4 method: ${method}, skipping" >&2
+            _skip4=yes
             ;;
     esac
 
     _skip6=
-    case "${method6}" in
+    case "${ip6_method}" in
         ''|static)
             if [ -z "${ip6}" ] ; then
                 _skip6=yes
@@ -203,7 +305,7 @@ skip_interface()
         skip)
             _skip6=yes
             ;;
-        disabled)
+        disable)
             disable_ipv6 "${dev}"
             _skip6=yes
             ;;
@@ -211,8 +313,8 @@ skip_interface()
             _skip6=no
             ;;
         *)
-            echo "ERROR [!]: Unknown IPv4 method: ${method6}" >&2
-            exit 1
+            echo "ERROR [!]: Unknown IPv6 method: ${ip6_method}" >&2
+            _skip6=yes
             ;;
     esac
 
@@ -296,6 +398,7 @@ get_mask()
 # arg: <iface>
 get_mtu()
 (
+    # VH_TODO: drop default 1500, nekde se spoleha na tento default!
     _mtu=$(get_iface_var "$1" "MTU")
     echo "${_mtu:-1500}"
 )
@@ -391,14 +494,21 @@ setup_iface_vars()
 
     export mac=$(get_iface_var "$1" "MAC")
     export dev=$(get_dev "$_iface_mac" "$mac")
-    export mtu=$(get_mtu "$1")
+    #export mtu=$(get_mtu "$1")
+    export mtu=$(get_iface_var "$1" "MTU")
     export gateway=$(get_gateway "$1")
     export gateway6=$(get_gateway6 "$1")
     export metric=$(get_iface_var "$1" "METRIC")
+    export ip6_metric=$(get_iface_var "$1" "IP6_METRIC")
     export dns=$(get_dns "$1")
     export search_domains=$(get_search_domain "$1")
     export method=$(get_iface_var "$1" "METHOD")
-    export method6=$(get_iface_var "$1" "IP6_METHOD")
+    export ip6_method=$(get_iface_var "$1" "IP6_METHOD")
+
+    # defaults
+    [ -z "$ip6_metric" ] && ip6_metric="${metric}"
+    [ -z "$method"  ]    && method='static'
+    [ -z "$ip6_method" ] && ip6_method="${method}"
 
     setup_ipadr_vars "$1"
     setup_ip6adr_vars "$1"
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-bsd b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-bsd
index 6035828..7e50176 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-bsd
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-bsd
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ gen_iface_conf()
         echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
     fi
 
+    # WARNING: On FreeBSD the interface metrics are used only
+    # by routing daemons (see man 8 ifconfig)
+    if [ -n "${metric}" ]; then
+        echo -n " metric ${metric}"
+    fi
+
     echo "\""
 
     ###
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ gen_dhcp_conf()
     echo -n "ifconfig_${dev}=\"DHCP"
 
     if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
-        echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
+        echo -n " inet mtu ${mtu}"
     fi
 
     echo "\""
@@ -140,6 +147,12 @@ gen_iface6_conf()
         echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
     fi
 
+    # WARNING: On FreeBSD the interface metrics are used only
+    # by routing daemons (see man 8 ifconfig)
+    if [ -n "${ip6_metric}" ]; then
+        echo -n " metric ${ip6_metric}"
+    fi
+
     echo " -accept_rtadv\""
 
     if [ -n "${ip6_ula}" ]; then
@@ -156,14 +169,10 @@ gen_iface6_conf()
 
 gen_dhcp6_conf()
 {
-    echo -n "ifconfig_${dev}_ipv6=\"inet6"
-
-    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
-        echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
-    fi
+    echo -n "ifconfig_${dev}_ipv6=\""
 
-    if [ "${method6}" = "dhcp" ] ; then
-        echo -n " DHCP"
+    if [ "${ip6_method}" = "dhcp" ] ; then
+        echo -n "DHCP "
 
         # FreeBSD support for DHCP6 does not seem to be great:
         # https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/ipv6-dhcpv6-client-and-accept_rtadv-vs-rtsold.77421/
@@ -175,7 +184,13 @@ gen_dhcp6_conf()
         fi
     fi
 
-    echo " accept_rtadv\""
+    echo -n "inet6 accept_rtadv"
+
+    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+        echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
+    fi
+
+    echo "\""
 
     # Enable Router Solicitation Deaemon
     # NOTE: It's not enough to just enable the daemon during the current
@@ -198,6 +213,12 @@ gen_alias6_conf()
             echo -n " mtu ${mtu}"
         fi
 
+        # WARNING: On FreeBSD the interface metrics are used only
+        # by routing daemons (see man 8 ifconfig)
+        if [ -n "${ip6_metric}" ]; then
+            echo -n " metric ${ip6_metric}"
+        fi
+
         echo " -accept_rtadv\""
     fi
 
@@ -210,7 +231,7 @@ gen_alias6_conf()
 gen_network_configuration()
 {
     # clean routing information
-    cat /dev/null > /etc/rc.conf.d/routing
+    echo '# Generated by one-context' | tee /etc/rc.conf.d/routing
 
     _context_interfaces=$(get_context_interfaces)
 
@@ -228,20 +249,20 @@ gen_network_configuration()
                 ;;
         esac
 
-        case "${method6}" in
+        case "${ip6_method}" in
             ''|static)
                 [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_iface6_conf
                 ;;
             auto|dhcp)
                 gen_dhcp6_conf
                 ;;
-            disabled)
+            disable)
                 :
                 ;;
         esac
 
         has_ip6="${ip6}"
-        _aliases=$(get_interface_alias)
+        _aliases=$(get_interface_alias "$_iface")
         alias_num=0
 
         for _nic_alias in $_aliases; do
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-interfaces b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-interfaces
index 371571e..62baea9 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-interfaces
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-interfaces
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ configure_network()
 {
     gen_resolvconf
     gen_network_configuration > /etc/network/interfaces
-
-    case "${os_id}" in
-        debian|ubuntu|devuan)
-            echo "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-            ;;
-    esac
 }
 
 stop_network()
@@ -136,8 +130,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -154,10 +149,6 @@ iface ${dev} inet static
   netmask ${mask}
 EOT
 
-    if [ -n "$mtu" ]; then
-        echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
-    fi
-
     if [ -n "$gateway" ]; then
         echo "  gateway ${gateway}"
 
@@ -166,12 +157,30 @@ EOT
         fi
     fi
 
+    if [ -n "$mtu" ]; then
+        echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
+    fi
+
     echo ""
 }
 
 gen_dhcp_conf()
 {
     echo "iface ${dev} inet dhcp"
+
+    if [ -n "$mtu" ]; then
+        case "${os_id}" in
+            alpine)
+                echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
+                ;;
+            debian|ubuntu|devuan)
+                echo "  pre-up ip link set dev ${dev} mtu ${mtu}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
 }
 
 gen_alias_conf()
@@ -209,12 +218,36 @@ EOT
             ;;
     esac
 
-    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
-        echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
-    fi
+    # On Alpine Linux when using IPv6 gateway/metric options,
+    # they override the metric on IPv4 routes. We better configure
+    # default route via up script.
+    if [ "${os_id}" = 'alpine' ] && \
+       [ -n "${gateway6}" ] && [ -n "${ip6_metric}" ];
+    then
+        echo "  up ip -6 route add default via ${gateway6} dev ${dev} metric ${ip6_metric}"
 
-    if [ -n "${gateway6}" ]; then
+    elif [ -n "${gateway6}" ]; then
         echo "  gateway ${gateway6}"
+
+        if [ -n "${ip6_metric}" ]; then
+            echo "  metric ${ip6_metric}"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+        case "${os_id}" in
+            alpine)
+                echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
+                ;;
+            debian|ubuntu|devuan)
+                # Ignores "mtu x", IPv6-only interfaces would not be configured
+                echo "  pre-up ip link set dev ${dev} mtu ${mtu}"
+                echo "  pre-up echo ${mtu} > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/${dev}/mtu"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
 
     if [ -n "${ip6_ula}" ]; then
@@ -231,11 +264,34 @@ EOT
 
 gen_dhcp6_conf()
 {
-    if [ "${method6}" = "auto" ] ; then
+    if [ "${ip6_method}" = "auto" ] ; then
         echo "iface ${dev} inet6 auto"
     else
         echo "iface ${dev} inet6 dhcp"
     fi
+
+    case "${os_id}" in
+        alpine)
+            if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+                echo "  mtu ${mtu}"
+            fi
+
+            echo "  pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/${dev}/use_tempaddr"
+            ;;
+        debian|ubuntu|devuan)
+            echo "  privext 0" # this might not be effective in "dhcp" mode
+            echo "  pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/${dev}/use_tempaddr"
+
+            if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+                # Ignores "mtu x", IPv6-only interfaces would not be configured
+                echo "  pre-up ip link set dev ${dev} mtu ${mtu}"
+                echo "  pre-up echo ${mtu} > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/${dev}/mtu"
+            fi
+            ;;
+        *)
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
 }
 
 gen_alias6_conf()
@@ -272,6 +328,7 @@ EOT
 gen_network_configuration()
 {
     cat <<EOT
+# Generated by one-context
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 
@@ -295,14 +352,14 @@ EOT
                 ;;
         esac
 
-        case "${method6}" in
+        case "${ip6_method}" in
             ''|static)
                 [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_iface6_conf
                 ;;
             auto|dhcp)
                 gen_dhcp6_conf
                 ;;
-            disabled)
+            disable)
                 :
                 ;;
         esac
@@ -322,4 +379,10 @@ EOT
             fi
         done
     done
+
+    case "${os_id}" in
+        debian|ubuntu|devuan)
+            echo "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg"
+            ;;
+    esac
 }
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-netplan b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-netplan
index 6824a6c..f5062a1 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-netplan
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-netplan
@@ -29,9 +29,21 @@ is_network_supported()
 
 configure_network()
 {
+    init_netplan_renderer
+
     gen_resolvconf
-    gen_network_configuration > /etc/netplan/00-opennebula-generated-network.yaml
+    gen_network_configuration > /etc/netplan/50-one-context.yaml
     netplan generate
+    nm_symlink_run_connections
+
+    # On Debian 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 the initial netplan apply is needed to
+    # set some interface parameters (e.g., MTU). Unfortunately, this deadlocks
+    # booting of current systems, so we execute netplan apply on the background
+    case "${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER}" in
+        ''|networkd)
+            nohup netplan apply &>/dev/null &
+            ;;
+    esac
 }
 
 stop_network()
@@ -41,14 +53,16 @@ stop_network()
 
 start_network()
 {
-    service networking start
     netplan generate
+    nm_symlink_run_connections
+    service networking start
     netplan apply
 }
 
 reload_network()
 {
     netplan generate
+    nm_symlink_run_connections
     netplan apply
 }
 
@@ -73,8 +87,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -90,7 +105,7 @@ gen_addresses()
             ;;
     esac
 
-    case "${method6}" in
+    case "${ip6_method}" in
         ''|static)
             [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_addr6_conf
             ;;
@@ -114,25 +129,35 @@ gen_addresses()
 
 gen_routes()
 {
-    if [ -n "${gateway}" ] ; then
+    if [ -n "${gateway}" ] && { [ -z "${method}" ] || [ "${method}" = 'static' ]; }; then
         cat <<EOT
         - to: "0.0.0.0/0"
           via: ${gateway}
 EOT
 
+        # Force default Linux IPv4 metric (man 8 route) to override
+        # automatic metrics calculation done by NetworkManager and unify
+        # behavior among different renderers.
+        metric=${metric:-0}
+
         if [ -n "${metric}" ] ; then
             echo "          metric: ${metric}"
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "${gateway6}" ] ; then
+    if [ -n "${gateway6}" ] && { [ -z "${ip6_method}" ] || [ "${ip6_method}" = 'static' ]; }; then
         cat <<EOT
         - to: "::/0"
           via: ${gateway6}
 EOT
 
-        if [ -n "${metric}" ] ; then
-            echo "          metric: ${metric}"
+        # Force default Linux IPv6 metric (man 8 route) to override
+        # automatic metrics calculation done by NetworkManager and unify
+        # behavior among different renderers.
+        ip6_metric=${ip6_metric:-1}
+
+        if [ -n "${ip6_metric}" ] ; then
+            echo "          metric: ${ip6_metric}"
         fi
     fi
 }
@@ -160,8 +185,7 @@ gen_addr6_conf()
 
 gen_dhcp6_conf()
 {
-    # TODO: is this really correct?
-    if [ "${method6}" = "auto" ] ; then
+    if [ "${ip6_method}" = "auto" ] ; then
         cat <<EOT
       accept-ra: true
       dhcp6: false
@@ -172,17 +196,52 @@ EOT
       dhcp6: true
 EOT
     fi
+
+    cat <<EOT
+      ipv6-privacy: false
+EOT
 }
 
 gen_ipv6_disable()
 {
-    # TODO: is this really correct? Won't it affect also IPv4 link-local?
     cat <<EOT
       accept-ra: false
       link-local: []
 EOT
 }
 
+# Old NM doesn't read from /run/NetworkManager/system-connections,
+# so the generated Netplan configuration is not respected. As a workaround,
+# we symlink the connection files into /etc
+nm_symlink_run_connections()
+{
+    if [ "${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER}" != 'NetworkManager' ] ||
+       ! [ -d /run/NetworkManager/system-connections ];
+    then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # cleanup any old symlinks
+    rm -f /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/netplan-*
+
+    case "$(NetworkManager --version 2>/dev/null)" in
+        1.14.*) # Debian 10
+            echo "WARNING: Symlinking NM's ephemeral connections into /etc" >&2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            return
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # symlink Netplan connection files
+    for _src in /run/NetworkManager/system-connections/netplan-*; do
+        if [ -f "${_src}" ]; then
+            _dst="/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/$(basename "${_src}")"
+            ln -s "${_src}" "${_dst}"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 init_netplan_renderer()
 {
     if [ -z "${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER}" ] ; then
@@ -190,21 +249,40 @@ init_netplan_renderer()
             NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER='networkd'
         elif command -v nmcli >/dev/null ; then
             NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER='NetworkManager'
+        else
+            # fallback to networkd only not to leave the variable
+            # uninitialized, deployment most likely won't work!
+            NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER='networkd'
         fi
+    else
+        # support alternative names for some configuration renderers
+        _netcfg_netplan_renderer=$(echo "$NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER" | \
+            sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | \
+            tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+        # normalize renderer names and support alternatives
+        case "${_netcfg_netplan_renderer}" in
+            systemd-networkd|systemd-network|systemd|networkd)
+                NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER='networkd'
+                ;;
+            networkmanager|nm)
+                NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER='NetworkManager'
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
 }
 
 gen_network_configuration()
 {
-    init_netplan_renderer
+    if [ "${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER}" = 'NetworkManager' ]; then
+        nm_enable
+    fi
 
-    # TODO: consider to change the default to more robust NetworkManager - the
-    # netplan's renderer default is networkd which may encounter issues with
-    # version 248
     cat <<EOT
+# Generated by one-context
 network:
   version: 2
-  renderer: ${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER:-networkd}
+  renderer: ${NETCFG_NETPLAN_RENDERER}
 EOT
 
     # ethernets key must have at least one interface
@@ -227,6 +305,11 @@ EOT
             echo "      mtu: ${mtu}"
         fi
 
+        ## Requires Netplan 0.98+
+        # if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+        #     echo "      ip6-mtu: ${mtu}"
+        # fi
+
         case "${method}" in
             ''|static)
                 : # in gen_addresses
@@ -236,14 +319,14 @@ EOT
                 ;;
         esac
 
-        case "${method6}" in
+        case "${ip6_method}" in
             ''|static)
                 : # in gen_addresses
                 ;;
             auto|dhcp)
                 gen_dhcp6_conf
                 ;;
-            disabled)
+            disable)
                 gen_ipv6_disable
                 ;;
         esac
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-networkd b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-networkd
index 7e52315..565b2da 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-networkd
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-networkd
@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@ stop_network()
 start_network()
 {
     systemctl start systemd-networkd.service
+
+    # Dummy query waits until networkd is running
+    networkctl list &>/dev/null || :
 }
 
 reload_network()
 {
+    # TODO: for newer systemd-networkd use
+    # networkctl reload && networkctl reconfigure ethX
+    # and fallback to service restart only if needed
     systemctl restart systemd-networkd.service
+
+    # Dummy query waits until networkd is running
+    networkctl list &>/dev/null || :
 }
 
 #
@@ -69,8 +78,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -157,6 +167,11 @@ EOT
             ;;
     esac
 
+    cat <<EOT
+[Network]
+IPv6PrivacyExtensions=no
+EOT
+
     echo ""
 }
 
@@ -197,6 +212,10 @@ EOT
 
     if [ -n "$gateway6" ]; then
         echo "Gateway=${gateway6}"
+
+        if [ -n "$ip6_metric" ]; then
+            echo "Metric=${ip6_metric}"
+        fi
     fi
 
     if [ -n "$ip6_ula" ]; then
@@ -221,7 +240,6 @@ EOT
 
 gen_ipv6_disable()
 {
-    # TODO: is this really correct? Won't it affect also IPv4 link-local?
     cat <<EOT
 [Network]
 LinkLocalAddressing=no
@@ -268,9 +286,9 @@ gen_network_configuration()
         #
         # This occurs at least with systemd/networkd version 248, which is on
         # Cent OS 8 for example.
-        if networkd_iface_managed "${dev}" ; then
+        if is_networkd_iface_managed "${dev}" ; then
             # networkctl up/down is not on ubuntu <21.04
-            networkctl down "$dev" || true
+            networkctl down "$dev" 2>/dev/null || true
 
             # this is still necessary to really unconfigure the interface
             ip addr flush "$dev"
@@ -278,6 +296,7 @@ gen_network_configuration()
 
         {
             cat <<EOT
+# Generated by one-context
 [Match]
 Name=${dev}
 EOT
@@ -286,6 +305,10 @@ EOT
                 cat <<EOT
 [Link]
 MTUBytes=${mtu}
+
+## Supported since Debian 10, Ubuntu 18.04, CentOS 8
+# [Network]
+# IPv6MTUBytes=${mtu}
 EOT
             fi
 
@@ -300,7 +323,7 @@ EOT
                     ;;
             esac
 
-            case "${method6}" in
+            case "${ip6_method}" in
                 ''|static)
                     [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_iface6_conf
                     ;;
@@ -318,7 +341,7 @@ EOT
                         dhcp_conf='ipv6'
                     fi
                     ;;
-                disabled)
+                disable)
                     gen_ipv6_disable
                     ;;
             esac
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-nm b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-nm
index 8c1be01..6274b66 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-nm
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-nm
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ start_network()
 
 reload_network()
 {
+    # VH-TODO: It only reloads configuration from a disk,
+    # but we don't directly generate configuration files
     nmcli connection reload
 }
 
@@ -72,8 +74,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -83,6 +86,8 @@ export all_search_domains
 
 wait_for_nm()
 {
+    nm_enable
+
     _timeout=30
     while [ "$_timeout" -gt 0 ] ; do
         if _nm_networking=$(nmcli networking 2>/dev/null) ; then
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ wait_for_nm()
 
 gen_iface_conf()
 {
-    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.method manual ipv4.addr "${ip}/${cidr}"
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses "${ip}/${cidr}"
 
     if [ -n "$gateway" ]; then
         nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.gateway "${gateway}"
@@ -117,16 +122,19 @@ gen_iface_conf()
     if [ -n "$metric" ]; then
         nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.route-metric "${metric}"
     else
-        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.route-metric ""
+        # Force default Linux IPv4 metric (man 8 route) to override
+        # automatic metrics calculation done by NetworkManager and unify
+        # behavior among different renderers.
+        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.route-metric "0"
     fi
 }
 
 reset_iface()
 {
-    # the order is significant - ip.addr cannot be erased while gateway is set
+    # the order is significant - ip.addresses cannot be erased while gateway is set
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.route-metric ""
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.gateway ""
-    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.addr ""
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv4.addresses ""
 }
 
 gen_dhcp_conf()
@@ -139,16 +147,16 @@ gen_dhcp_conf()
 
 gen_alias_conf()
 {
-    nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv4.addr "${ip}/${cidr}"
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv4.addresses "${ip}/${cidr}"
 }
 
 gen_iface6_conf()
 {
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.method manual \
-        ipv6.addr "${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}"
+        ipv6.addresses "${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}"
 
     if [ -n "$ip6_ula" ]; then
-        nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addr "${ip6_ula}/64"
+        nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addresses "${ip6_ula}/64"
     fi
 
     if [ -n "$gateway6" ]; then
@@ -157,40 +165,53 @@ gen_iface6_conf()
         nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.gateway ""
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "$metric" ]; then
-        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.route-metric "${metric}"
+    if [ -n "$ip6_metric" ]; then
+        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.route-metric "${ip6_metric}"
     else
-        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.route-metric ""
+        # Force default Linux IPv6 metric (man 8 route) to override
+        # automatic metrics calculation done by NetworkManager and unify
+        # behavior among different renderers.
+        nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.route-metric "1"
     fi
+
+    # We need this to ensure link-local address has expected form
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.addr-gen-mode eui64
 }
 
 reset_iface6()
 {
-    # the order is significant - ip.addr cannot be erased while gateway is set
+    # the order is significant - ipv6.addresses cannot be erased while gateway is set
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.route-metric ""
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.gateway ""
-    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.addr ""
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.addresses ""
 }
 
 gen_alias6_conf()
 {
-    nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addr "${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}"
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addresses "${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}"
 
     if [ -n "$ip6_ula" ]; then
-        nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addr "${ip6_ula}/64"
+        nmcli con mod "${dev}" +ipv6.addresses "${ip6_ula}/64"
     fi
 }
 
 gen_dhcp6_conf()
 {
-    if [ "${method6}" = "auto" ] ; then
-        # TODO: is this really correct? Shouldn't be auto?
+    if [ "${ip6_method}" = "auto" ] ; then
+        # Method "ignore" relies only on SLAAC configured by the kernel,
+        # while the "auto" might optionally trigger also DHCPv6 client!
+        # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/440076/disable-dhcpv6-while-not-disabling-slaac-in-network-manager
         _dhcp=ignore
     else
-        _dhcp=dhcp
+        # Method "auto" optionally triggers DHCPv6 client if RA has relevant
+        # flags (also netplan+nm configures "auto")! Method "dhcp" could
+        # ignore RA.
+        _dhcp=auto
     fi
 
     nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.method "${_dhcp}"
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.addr-gen-mode eui64
+    nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.ip6-privacy 0
 
     # cleanup any leftover from the static method
     reset_iface6
@@ -199,6 +220,8 @@ gen_dhcp6_conf()
 # arg: <interface-connection>
 nm_connection_exist()
 (
+    # VH-TODO: We should be better checking across all connections, if there
+    # isn't any with our device to avoid clashes and drop/rename that one
     _iface=$(nmcli --field connection.interface-name con show "$1" | awk '{print $2}')
     if [ "${_iface}" = "$1" ] ; then
         return 0
@@ -216,8 +239,15 @@ gen_network_configuration()
 
         skip_interface && continue
 
+        # We might need to disable IPv6 and privacy directly by sysctl
+        _disable_ipv6=''
+        _disable_ipv6_privacy=''
+
         if ! nm_connection_exist "${dev}" ; then
-            nmcli con add type ethernet con-name "${dev}" ifname "${dev}"
+            nmcli con add type ethernet \
+                con-name "${dev}" ifname "${dev}" \
+                ipv4.method disabled \
+                ipv6.method ignore
         fi
 
         nmcli con mod "${dev}" connection.autoconnect yes
@@ -237,15 +267,27 @@ gen_network_configuration()
                 ;;
         esac
 
-        case "${method6}" in
+        case "${ip6_method}" in
             ''|static)
                 [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_iface6_conf
                 ;;
-            auto|dhcp)
+            auto)
+                gen_dhcp6_conf
+
+                # NOTE: Hot plugged NICs configured with IPv6 method ignore
+                # doesn't have to properly update the IPv6 privacy.
+                # We better enforce them via direct sysctl.
+                # VH-TODO: limit only for reconfigure action?
+                _disable_ipv6_privacy='yes'
+                ;;
+            dhcp)
                 gen_dhcp6_conf
                 ;;
-            disabled)
-                nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.method disabled
+            disable)
+                # NOTE: Older NMs don't support ipv6.method disabled,
+                # in that case we rely on hard disablemenets via sysctl
+                nmcli con mod "${dev}" ipv6.method disabled ||
+                    _disable_ipv6='yes'
                 ;;
         esac
 
@@ -266,5 +308,13 @@ gen_network_configuration()
 
         # 'nmcli con reload' is not enough
         nmcli con up "${dev}"
+
+        if [ -n "${_disable_ipv6}" ]; then
+            disable_ipv6 "${dev}"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -n "${_disable_ipv6_privacy}" ]; then
+            disable_ipv6_privacy "${dev}"
+        fi
     done
 }
diff --git a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-scripts b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-scripts
index 1a857f6..a3af540 100644
--- a/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-scripts
+++ b/src/etc/one-context.d/loc-10-network.d/netcfg-scripts
@@ -22,9 +22,24 @@
 
 is_network_supported()
 {
-    if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ] || \
-       [ -e /etc/sysconfig/network/ifup ] ;
-    then
+    # Red Hat family
+    if [ -x /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ]; then
+        # On EL8, the network-scripts (package) is legacy
+        # and network service is not even enabled by default.
+        # For safety we check if network service is enabled
+        # and if not, we better choose different renderer.
+        if command -v systemctl &>/dev/null; then
+            systemctl is-enabled network &>/dev/null && return 0
+
+        # NOTE: Probably not necesary test on old systems
+        elif chkconfig network --level 3 &>/dev/null || \
+             chkconfig network --level 5 &>/dev/null;
+        then
+            return 0
+        fi
+
+    # SUSE family
+    elif [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network/ ]; then
         return 0
     fi
 
@@ -73,8 +88,9 @@ export mtu
 export gateway
 export gateway6
 export method
-export method6
+export ip6_method
 export metric
+export ip6_metric
 export dns
 export search_domains
 export external
@@ -85,16 +101,24 @@ export all_search_domains
 gen_iface_conf()
 {
     cat <<EOT
-BOOTPROTO=none
 NETMASK="${mask}"
 IPADDR="${ip}"
 EOT
 
-    if [ -n "${gateway}" ]; then
-        if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
+    ### SUSE family ###
+    if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
+        echo 'BOOTPROTO=static'
+
+        if [ -n "${gateway}" ]; then
             echo "default ${gateway} - ${dev} ${metric:+metric ${metric}}" \
                 >> "${config_path}/ifroute-${dev}"
-        else
+        fi
+
+    ### Red Hat family ###
+    else
+        echo 'BOOTPROTO=none'
+
+        if [ -n "${gateway}" ]; then
             echo "default via ${gateway} dev ${dev} ${metric:+metric ${metric}}" \
                 >> "${config_path}/route-${dev}"
         fi
@@ -107,7 +131,25 @@ EOT
 
 gen_dhcp_conf()
 {
-    echo "BOOTPROTO=dhcp"
+    ### SUSE family ###
+    if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
+        if [ "${ip6_method}" = 'dhcp' ]; then
+            echo 'BOOTPROTO=dhcp'
+        else
+            echo 'BOOTPROTO=dhcp4'
+        fi
+
+    ### Red Hat family ###
+    else
+        cat <<EOT
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1
+EOT
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+        echo "MTU=${mtu}"
+    fi
 }
 
 gen_alias_conf() {
@@ -119,6 +161,7 @@ EOT
 
 gen_iface6_conf()
 {
+    ### SUSE family ###
     if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
         echo "IPADDR_6A=${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}"
 
@@ -126,12 +169,29 @@ gen_iface6_conf()
 net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.autoconf = 0
 net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.accept_ra = 0
 EOT
+
+        if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+            # place only if not set via IPv4 parts
+            if [ -z "${_set_ipv4}" ]; then
+                echo "MTU=${mtu}"
+            fi
+
+            cat <<EOT >> "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl-${dev}"
+net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.mtu = ${mtu}
+EOT
+        fi
+
+    ### Red Hat family ###
     else
         cat <<EOT
 IPV6INIT=yes
 IPV6ADDR=${ip6}/${ip6_prefix_length:-64}
 IPV6_AUTOCONF=no
 EOT
+
+        if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+            echo "IPV6_MTU=${mtu}"
+        fi
     fi
 
     if [ -n "${ip6_ula}" ]; then
@@ -144,30 +204,63 @@ EOT
 
     if [ -n "${gateway6}" ]; then
         if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
-            echo "default ${gateway6} - ${dev}" >> "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-${dev}"
+            echo "default ${gateway6} - ${dev} ${ip6_metric:+metric ${ip6_metric}}" \
+                >> "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-${dev}"
         else
-            echo "IPV6_DEFAULTGW=${gateway6}"
+            echo "default via ${gateway6} dev ${dev} ${ip6_metric:+metric ${ip6_metric}}" \
+                >> "${config_path}/route6-${dev}"
         fi
     fi
-
-    if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
-        echo "IPV6_MTU=${mtu}"
-    fi
 }
 
 gen_dhcp6_conf()
 {
-    if [ "${method6}" = "auto" ] ; then
-        cat <<EOT
+    ### SUSE family ###
+    if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
+        # On SUSE the BOOTPROTO is shared for both IPv4/6,
+        # in case IPv4 is not dhcp we configure DHCPv6 only here
+        # (if IPv4 is static, we unforunately overwrite that)
+        if [ "${ip6_method}" = 'dhcp' ] && [ "${method}" != 'dhcp' ]; then
+            echo 'BOOTPROTO=dhcp6'
+        fi
+
+        cat <<EOT >> "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl-${dev}"
+net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.autoconf = 1
+net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.accept_ra = 1
+net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.use_tempaddr = 0
+EOT
+
+        if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+            # place only if not set via IPv4 parts
+            if [ -z "${_set_ipv4}" ]; then
+                echo "MTU=${mtu}"
+            fi
+
+            cat <<EOT >> "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl-${dev}"
+net.ipv6.conf.\$SYSCTL_IF.mtu = ${mtu}
+EOT
+        fi
+
+    ### Red Hat family ###
+    else
+        if [ "${ip6_method}" = "auto" ] ; then
+            cat <<EOT
 IPV6INIT=yes
 IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
 EOT
-    else
-        cat <<EOT
+        else
+            cat <<EOT
 IPV6INIT=yes
 IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
 DHCPV6C=yes
 EOT
+        fi
+
+        if [ -n "${mtu}" ]; then
+            echo "IPV6_MTU=${mtu}"
+        fi
+
+        echo 'IPV6_PRIVACY=no'
     fi
 }
 
@@ -190,8 +283,19 @@ gen_alias6_conf()
 
 gen_network_configuration()
 {
+    ### Red Hat family ###
     if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ]; then
         config_path=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
+
+        # if disabled, enable networking via network scripts
+        if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ] &&
+           ! grep -qx 'NETWORKING=yes' /etc/sysconfig/network;
+        then
+            sed -i -e '/^NETWORKING=/d' /etc/sysconfig/network
+            echo 'NETWORKING=yes' >>/etc/sysconfig/network
+        fi
+
+    ### SUSE family ###
     elif [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
         config_path=/etc/sysconfig/network
     fi
@@ -203,19 +307,27 @@ gen_network_configuration()
 
         skip_interface && continue
 
+        # in IPv6 sections we might need to know if
+        # any IPv4 configuration was already placed
+        _set_ipv4=
+
         # cumulative variable
         ipv6addr_secondaries=''
 
         {
             rm -f "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-${dev}"
+            rm -f "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route6-${dev}"
             rm -f "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-${dev}"
             rm -f "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifsysctl-${dev}"
 
             cat <<EOT
+# Generated by one-context
 DEVICE=${dev}
 NM_CONTROLLED=no
 TYPE=Ethernet
 EOT
+
+            # SUSE family
             if [ "${config_path}" = "/etc/sysconfig/network" ]; then
                 echo "STARTMODE=auto"
             else
@@ -224,21 +336,25 @@ EOT
 
             case "${method}" in
                 ''|static)
-                    [ -n "${ip}" ] && gen_iface_conf
+                    if [ -n "${ip}" ]; then
+                        gen_iface_conf
+                        _set_ipv4=yes
+                    fi
                     ;;
                 dhcp)
                     gen_dhcp_conf
+                    _set_ipv4=yes
                     ;;
             esac
 
-            case "${method6}" in
+            case "${ip6_method}" in
                 ''|static)
                     [ -n "${ip6}" ] && gen_iface6_conf
                     ;;
                 auto|dhcp)
                     gen_dhcp6_conf
                     ;;
-                disabled)
+                disable)
                     :
                     ;;
             esac
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-force.service##systemd.one b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-force.service##systemd.one
index 13cd94c..557a15e 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-force.service##systemd.one
+++ b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-force.service##systemd.one
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ After=one-context.service
 Requisite=one-context.service
 ConditionPathExists=/var/run/one-context/context.sh.local
 ConditionPathExists=/var/run/one-context/context.sh.network
+StartLimitInterval=0
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-online.service##systemd.one b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-online.service##systemd.one
index 1a8a67a..fe11872 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-online.service##systemd.one
+++ b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-online.service##systemd.one
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=OpenNebula early-networking contextualization
-Wants=one-context-local.service
-Wants=NetworkManager.service
+Requires=one-context-local.service
 After=one-context-local.service
-After=NetworkManager.service
-Before=network-online.target
-Before=NetworkManager-wait-online.service
+After=NetworkManager.service systemd-networkd.service
+Wants=network.target
+Before=network.target
+Before=NetworkManager-wait-online.service systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
 ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/one-context/context.sh.online
 
 [Service]
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/one-contextd online
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=network-online.target
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure-delayed.service##systemd.one b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure-delayed.service##systemd.one
index 70e9ea4..e133bcf 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure-delayed.service##systemd.one
+++ b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure-delayed.service##systemd.one
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=OpenNebula delayed reconfiguration
 After=one-context.service
 Requisite=one-context.service
 ConditionPathExists=/var/run/one-context/context.sh.network
+StartLimitInterval=0
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure.service##systemd.one b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure.service##systemd.one
index e26afa6..f82aed5 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure.service##systemd.one
+++ b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context-reconfigure.service##systemd.one
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ After=one-context.service
 Requisite=one-context.service
 Conflicts=one-context-reconfigure-delayed.service
 ConditionPathExists=/var/run/one-context/context.sh.network
+StartLimitInterval=0
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context.service##systemd.one b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context.service##systemd.one
index e5e228a..96fcf8a 100644
--- a/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context.service##systemd.one
+++ b/src/usr/lib/systemd/system/one-context.service##systemd.one
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=OpenNebula contextualization
-Requires=one-context-local.service
-After=multi-user.target one-context-local.service
+Requires=one-context-local.service one-context-online.service
+After=multi-user.target one-context-local.service one-context-online.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 ConditionPathExists=!/var/run/one-context/context.sh.network
 
 [Service]
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/one-context-run##one b/src/usr/sbin/one-context-run##one
index 4b1c9bc..8b584ab 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/one-context-run##one
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/one-context-run##one
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Set PATH
 export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
 
-TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-60}
+TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-30}
 COMMAND=${1:-reconfigure}
 CONTEXT_BASE=${CONTEXT_BASE:-/var/run/one-context/context.sh}
 
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/one-contextd b/src/usr/sbin/one-contextd
index 9a9f83d..e9da1fd 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/one-contextd
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/one-contextd
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function execute_scripts {
     # choose
     case "${_type}" in
         local|online)
+            # VH-TODO: separate online scripts? have onl- for online only with onl-10-network symlink pointing to loc-10-network?
             local _scripts=$(find "${SCRIPTS_DIR}" \
                                 -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f \
                                 -name 'loc-*' \