Author here: so since I wrote this blog post I get an email once every few weeks about this. Apparently that blog post ranks quite well now for the keywords th

Author here: so since I wrote this blog post I get an email once every few weeks about this. Apparently that blog post ranks quite well now for the keywords that frustrated users are typing into Google. I have now heard that this problem happens with a lot of devices and the most common element in most of them is that people also have netgear switches on their network but not exclusively. The most reliable workaround is to ensure that the USB-C adapter with an ethernet card in it is powered off when the laptop goes to sleep. Many do that if they are not also used for USB-C PD or whatever it's called.