Index: gnome-control-center-3.20.1/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
===================================================================
--- gnome-control-center-3.20.1.orig/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
+++ gnome-control-center-3.20.1/panels/network/cc-network-panel.c
@@ -1286,10 +1286,23 @@ panel_check_network_manager_version (CcN
         GtkWidget *label;
         gchar *markup;
         const gchar *version;
+        const gchar *state;
+        GDBusConnection *connection;
+        GDBusProxy *proxy;
+        GVariant *variant;
+
+        connection = g_bus_get_sync (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, NULL, NULL);
+        proxy = g_dbus_proxy_new_sync (connection, G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE, NULL,
+                                       "org.freedesktop.systemd1",
+                                       "/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/wickedd_2ddhcp6_2eservice",
+                                       "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit",
+                                       NULL, NULL);
+        variant = g_dbus_proxy_get_cached_property (proxy, "ActiveState");
+        state = g_variant_get_string (variant, NULL);
 
         /* parse running version */
         version = nm_client_get_version (panel->priv->client);
-        if (version == NULL) {
+        if (version == NULL && g_strcmp0 (state, "inactive") == 0) {
                 gtk_container_remove (GTK_CONTAINER (panel), gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (panel)));
 
                 box = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 20);
@@ -1312,9 +1325,22 @@ panel_check_network_manager_version (CcN
 
                 gtk_widget_show_all (box);
                 g_free (markup);
+        } else if (g_strcmp0 (state, "active") == 0) {
+                GtkWidget *w;
+
+                w = GTK_WIDGET (gtk_builder_get_object (panel->priv->builder,
+                                                        "devices_toolbar"));
+                gtk_widget_hide (w);
+                w = GTK_WIDGET (gtk_builder_get_object (panel->priv->builder,
+                                                        "label_NM_warning"));
+                gtk_widget_show (w);
         } else {
                 manager_running (panel->priv->client, NULL, panel);
         }
+
+        g_object_unref (connection);
+        g_object_unref (proxy);
+        g_variant_unref (variant);
 }
 
 static void
Index: gnome-control-center-3.20.1/panels/network/network.ui
===================================================================
--- gnome-control-center-3.20.1.orig/panels/network/network.ui
+++ gnome-control-center-3.20.1/panels/network/network.ui
@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@
                         <property name="position">1</property>
                       </packing>
                     </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="label_NM_warning">
+                        <property name="visible">False</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">Please use YaST2 to configure your network.</property>
+                      </object>
+                      <packing>
+                        <property name="expand">False</property>
+                        <property name="fill">True</property>
+                        <property name="position">2</property>
+                      </packing>
+                    </child>
                   </object>
                   <packing>
                     <property name="expand">True</property>