After more investigation, the problem seems to be in the module loading order: ax88179_178a has to be loaded after cdc_mbim.
The following commands (as root) fix the problem (until reboot) regardless of the current state:
rmmod ax88179_178a modprobe cdc_mbim modprobe ax88179_178a # optional
After more investigation, the problem seems to be in the module loading order: ax88179_178a has to be loaded after cdc_mbim.
The following commands (as root) fix the problem (until reboot) regardless of the current state:
rmmod ax88179_178a
modprobe cdc_mbim
modprobe ax88179_178a # optional