Hard-coding the DNS address is the not the solution, because it worked before on auto. Therefore, I cannot see how that suddenly became an issue. You should not have to hard code the DNS entires as a matter of standard operating procedure.
By default the router will be the DNS server which is very slow and doesnt offer the protection opendns does to bad sites changin it can speed up your interent
The problem seems resolved when I updated the driver to the latest-greatest 2017 version from the 2015 base version. I haven't seen timeouts lately so I am hoping it's resolved. It's definitely something introduced by the latest patch as none of the other devices have it.
The Windows update wiped out the driver in effect and when I reinstalled it, I didn't realize it had to be patched (or updated) as well.
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