After discussion with Dell technical support, the solution was to uninstall the device driver from the ethernet controller. After rebooting, Windows installed a generic ethernet driver. The speed tests showed a 2x improvement in throughput.
I then updated the driver to Intel-PCIe-Ethernet-Controller-Driver_VP20T_WIN_24.1.0.0_A13_01.EXE, the same driver recommended by Dell Command Update, the Dell support downloads site, and confirmed by Dell technical support. The driver installed and started correctly. My speed tests now average 945 Mbps down, a very acceptable result.
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December 24th, 2020 13:00
VP20T
Intel-PCIe-Ethernet-Controller-Driver_VP20T_WIN_24.1.0.0_A13_01.EXE
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER05877897M/2/Intel-PCIe-Ethernet-Controller-Driver_VP20T_WIN_24.1.0.0_A13_01.EXE
This card does not come with the 7050
SimonFerguson
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December 26th, 2020 13:00
After discussion with Dell technical support, the solution was to uninstall the device driver from the ethernet controller. After rebooting, Windows installed a generic ethernet driver. The speed tests showed a 2x improvement in throughput.
I then updated the driver to Intel-PCIe-Ethernet-Controller-Driver_VP20T_WIN_24.1.0.0_A13_01.EXE, the same driver recommended by Dell Command Update, the Dell support downloads site, and confirmed by Dell technical support. The driver installed and started correctly. My speed tests now average 945 Mbps down, a very acceptable result.
SimonFerguson
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December 24th, 2020 16:00
What card does come with the 7070?
Why does Dell update site and Dell Command Update say that it does?