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Intel I225-V performs poorly in Windows 11

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I have Intel's I225-V ethernet chip on my ASUS Z490-H. I225-V has been known to have some problems, and it's finally started to impact me.
My internet has gone from 75 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s, and now I can see the poor performance of my ethernet.
I get around 800 Mb/s on a cheap HP with an i3 4130, over 900 Mb/s on my i7 3770 with 82579-V, and only around 300-500 Mb/s on my i9 10850 with I225-V.

A quick look found lots of info on a few problems that Intel acknowledged:
One is an I225-V errata relating to 2.5 GB/s not working with most hardware.
Next there is a problem with link rate auto negotiation and Windows AutoTuning.
Last there is some info about the I219-V not reaching full speed, but the suggested fixes don't help.
Fixes from these issues get mixed together and show up in all kinds of forums.

My I225-V is a V2 revision, so it does have the errata and I've applied the firmware update. I don't use 2.5 Gb/s so I think it's not relevant.
Link rate auto negotiation is working fine, and I tried disabling Windows AutoTuning with no improvement.
The issue with the I219-V seems closest to what I'm experiencing, but the suggested fixes have no effect.

This is not a cable or router issue. I've tried several driver versions.
I booted a thumbdrive with Ubuntu and my i9 10850 with I225-V gets over 800Mb/s, so the hardware is capable of at least that.
Seems like a driver, or Windows is to blame.

I'm open to any ideas that might improve my Windows 11 ethernet performance.
 
I'm open to any ideas that might improve my Windows 11 ethernet performance.

I have found in some cases the key to resolving Windows issues related to Asus mobo was looking at the driver page for newer chipset mobo. This has successfully solved issues with AI Suite and onboard sound/LAN components that broke following a change in W11.

Unfortunately it doesn't appear there is a newer LAN driver download but you seem motivated to look a bit harder than I did. If a 22H2 fix arrives I'd be surprised if it showed up anywhere but the newest model they've made using 1225-V.
 
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