These fader issues are killing me

I have posted on this several times in the past several months. But no matter what combination of desks/laptops/PC's/Networks, etc... I cannot solve this issue.

Usually, it's when my laptop decides to no longer be logged in, I get the warning exclamation point of doom. And then I have no use of faders on either the laptop (which I end up logging out on) or the desk. This has happens on hog 4, road hog 4, and pc.

I have tried different net numbers, I have tried running server and not running server on the laptop (Lenovo Yoga 2). I am out of ideas. The worst was today when I was using a couple of inhibitive subs and couldn't even hold down the choose key to roll it down like I often can on a standard cuestack. I ended up changing the max intensity in the patch as a work around.

Any ideas? I have tried different routers too. I'm honestly at my wits end on this issue and considering changing platforms.