Windows 10: repeatable Ethernet death when shutting down with WiFi connected

without fail, when i am connected to a WiFi AP away from the home office, whether ethernet is connected as well or not\*, when the computer comes back up, Ethernet flat out does not work properly for any application DESPITE being able to ping out to the network (LAN or WAN). requires a reboot every. damn. time. for the thing to snap out of whatever the !@#$ is going on and behave properly. this is a complete PITA. anyone know what is going on? NONE of the command line tools will work to wake it up or reset the Ethernet NIC. WiFi works fine, but not Ethernet. in fact, when issuing a simple ipconfig /all the IPv4 section of the Ethernet NIC isn't even listed! i am getting sick of having to fire up the machine only to have to immediately reboot it so i can reconnect to the LAN so that applications/browsers can see the network i can ping from the get-go.

the final weirdness: if i turn the WiFi off and THEN shutdown... no problems when it comes back up. but who does that? it's an extra step and when you're running from client to client, you don't think of it. fully irritating that i can figure out what's going on here.



\* i run dual networks. yes, you can do that. no, it isn't the problem. same issue regardless of 1 or 2.

TL;DR: Ethernet dies if you shutdown with WiFi on and connected. WHY???

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2. Under Connections section, select Ethernet, and use the arrows to the right to move Ethernet above WiFi.
   
3. Click OK.
   

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