Comment # 18 on bug 1217503 from Keks Dose

(In reply to Stefan Hundhammer from comment #17)
> The one that 'hwinfo --netcard' tells you to use; see comment #6.

No, doesn't work:

hwinfo --netcard
14: PCI 14.3: 0282 WLAN controller                              
  [Created at pci.386]
  Unique ID: Dhtl.qVqUKmQ3GD6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.3
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.3
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0xa0f0 "Wi-Fi 6 AX201"
  SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0070 
  Revision: 0x20
  Driver: "iwlwifi"
  Driver Modules: "iwlwifi"
  Device File: wlp0s20f3
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0x603d1dc000-0x603d1dffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (321 events)
  HW Address: 08:6a:c5:4a:8f:99
  Permanent HW Address: 08:6a:c5:4a:8f:99
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104
108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457
2.462 2.467 2.472 5.18 5.2 5.22 5.24 5.26 5.28 5.3 5.32 5.5 5.52 5.54 5.56 5.58
5.6 5.62 5.64 5.66 5.68 5.7
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000A0F0sv00008086sd00000070bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: iwlwifi is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe iwlwifi"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

38: USB 00.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at usb.122]
  Unique ID: Gtr0._FrTcilDi4C
  Parent ID: zPk0.xYNhIwdOaa6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:2.0
  SysFS BusID: 4-1:2.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "ASIX Electronics AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x0b95 "ASIX Electronics Corp."
  Device: usb 0x1790 "AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet"
  Revision: "2.00"
  Serial ID: "00869C05"
  Driver: "cdc_ncm"
  Driver Modules: "cdc_ncm"
  Device File: enp0s20f0u1c2
  HW Address: f8:e4:3b:86:9c:05
  Permanent HW Address: f8:e4:3b:86:9c:05
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "usb:v0B95p1790d0200dc00dsc00dp00ic02isc0Dip00in00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: cdc_ncm is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe cdc_ncm"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: cdc_mbim is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe cdc_mbim"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #39 (Hub)

And this does not activate ethernet: 
localhost:/home/AW # modprobe cdc_mbim

(as root)

I'll write a second file to modules-load.d "cdc_mbim.config" and reboot, but I
don't expect success.