diff --git a/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks.rb b/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks.rb
index 54fbdda87..cd1b5d697 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-require "set"
 require "tempfile"
 
-require_relative "../../../../lib/vagrant/util/retryable"
 require_relative "../../../../lib/vagrant/util/template_renderer"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
@@ -12,48 +10,43 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         include Vagrant::Util
 
         def self.configure_networks(machine, networks)
-          network_scripts_dir = machine.guest.capability("network_scripts_dir")
+          comm = machine.communicate
 
-          # Accumulate the configurations to add to the interfaces file as
-          # well as what interfaces we're actually configuring since we use that
-          # later.
-          interfaces = Set.new
-          networks.each do |network|
-            interfaces.add(network[:interface])
+          network_scripts_dir = machine.guest.capability(:network_scripts_dir)
 
-            # Remove any previous vagrant configuration in this network interface's
-            # configuration files.
-            machine.communicate.sudo("touch #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]}")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("sed -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]} > /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]}")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("cat /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]} > #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]}")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("rm -f /tmp/vagrant-ifcfg-eth#{network[:interface]}")
+          commands   = []
+          interfaces = []
+
+          comm.sudo("ip -o -0 addr | grep -v LOOPBACK | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/://'") do |_, stdout|
+            interfaces = stdout.split("\n")
+          end
+
+          networks.each.with_index do |network, i|
+            network[:device] = interfaces[network[:interface]]
 
-            # Render and upload the network entry file to a deterministic
-            # temporary location.
             entry = TemplateRenderer.render("guests/suse/network_#{network[:type]}",
-                                            options: network)
+              options: network,
+            )
+
+            remote_path = "/tmp/vagrant-network-#{network[:device]}-#{Time.now.to_i}-#{i}"
 
             Tempfile.open("vagrant-suse-configure-networks") do |f|
               f.binmode
               f.write(entry)
               f.fsync
               f.close
-              machine.communicate.upload(f.path, "/tmp/vagrant-network-entry_#{network[:interface]}")
-            end
-          end
-
-          # Bring down all the interfaces we're reconfiguring. By bringing down
-          # each specifically, we avoid reconfiguring eth0 (the NAT interface) so
-          # SSH never dies.
-          interfaces.each do |interface|
-            retryable(on: Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError, tries: 3, sleep: 2) do
-              machine.communicate.sudo("/sbin/ifdown eth#{interface} 2> /dev/null", error_check: false)
-              machine.communicate.sudo("cat /tmp/vagrant-network-entry_#{interface} >> #{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-eth#{interface}")
-              machine.communicate.sudo("/sbin/ifup eth#{interface} 2> /dev/null")
+              comm.upload(f.path, remote_path)
             end
 
-            machine.communicate.sudo("rm -f /tmp/vagrant-network-entry_#{interface}")
+            local_path = "#{network_scripts_dir}/ifcfg-#{network[:device]}"
+            commands << <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {14}/, '')
+              /sbin/ifdown '#{network[:device]}' || true
+              mv '#{remote_path}' '#{local_path}'
+              /sbin/ifup '#{network[:device]}'
+            EOH
           end
+
+          comm.sudo(commands.join("\n"))
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/templates/guests/suse/network_dhcp.erb b/templates/guests/suse/network_dhcp.erb
index 3504b265e..0ec6dcac4 100644
--- a/templates/guests/suse/network_dhcp.erb
+++ b/templates/guests/suse/network_dhcp.erb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # The contents below are automatically generated by Vagrant. Do not modify.
 BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
 STARTMODE='auto'
-DEVICE='eth<%= options[:interface] %>'
+DEVICE='<%= options[:device] %>'
 #VAGRANT-END
diff --git a/templates/guests/suse/network_static.erb b/templates/guests/suse/network_static.erb
index c9270d7cd..35bf34d64 100644
--- a/templates/guests/suse/network_static.erb
+++ b/templates/guests/suse/network_static.erb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 BOOTPROTO='static'
 IPADDR='<%= options[:ip] %>'
 NETMASK='<%= options[:netmask] %>'
-DEVICE='eth<%= options[:interface] %>'
-<% if options[:gateway] %>
+DEVICE='<%= options[:device] %>'
+<% if options[:gateway] -%>
 GATEWAY='<%= options[:gateway] %>'
-<% end %>
+<% end -%>
 PEERDNS='no'
 STARTMODE='auto'
 USERCONTROL='no'
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b31f4e3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/suse/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+require_relative "../../../../base"
+
+describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestSUSE::Cap::ConfigureNetworks" do
+  let(:caps) do
+    VagrantPlugins::GuestSUSE::Plugin
+      .components
+      .guest_capabilities[:suse]
+  end
+
+  let(:machine) { double("machine") }
+  let(:comm) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
+
+  before do
+    allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(comm)
+    comm.stub_command("ip -o -0 addr | grep -v LOOPBACK | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/://'",
+      stdout: "eth1\neth2")
+  end
+
+  after do
+    comm.verify_expectations!
+  end
+
+  describe ".configure_networks" do
+    let(:cap) { caps.get(:configure_networks) }
+
+    let(:network_1) do
+      {
+        interface: 0,
+        type: "dhcp",
+      }
+    end
+
+    let(:network_2) do
+      {
+        interface: 1,
+        type: "static",
+        ip: "33.33.33.10",
+        netmask: "255.255.0.0",
+        gateway: "33.33.0.1",
+      }
+    end
+
+    let(:guest) { double("guest") }
+
+    before do
+      allow(machine).to receive(:guest).and_return(guest)
+      allow(guest).to receive(:capability)
+        .with(:network_scripts_dir)
+        .and_return("/scripts")
+    end
+
+    it "creates and starts the networks" do
+      cap.configure_networks(machine, [network_1, network_2])
+      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/\/sbin\/ifdown 'eth1'/)
+      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/\/sbin\/ifup 'eth1'/)
+      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/\/sbin\/ifdown 'eth2'/)
+      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/\/sbin\/ifup 'eth2'/)
+    end
+  end
+end