Precision 5570 USB C to Ethernet adapter...failure?

What is the failure rate for these USB C to Ethernet adapters from Dell?

I've had this Precision 5570 from work for a few months but in the last couple of weeks the network adapter just seems to randomly not work.

I need to use static IP's and notice that often when I plug in the usb c ethernet dongle that the network is just not there. It's not listed.

I guess this is because for some reason the dongle hasn't been detected or started or whatever?

Device manager seems to indicate everything is fine and all drivers are present.

Visited dell drivers to auto update and everything is up to date.

Help!