[cRIO] Connection to MAX

Question

Everytime I connect cRIO to my laptop, MAX cannot communicate with it until I restart the laptop.
Is there a solution to this?
What I do:
1) My laptop is on.
2) I connect an ethernet crossover cable to the laptop
3) I power up cRIO 
4) I open MAX. cRIO is listed as detected, but when I click on Advanced Ethernet settings, I get a time out (56) error.
4a) It does not matter if I get the RESET button of cRIO or hit Refresh in MAX
5) I restart the laptop while leaving cRIO connected and powered.
6) I open MAX again. This time cRIO is detected and there is no time out error. 
 - Thanks

Answer 1

At the moment I don't have another computer or router to try (3) and (4).
I tried this:
1) Power on cRIO
2) Connect the crossover cable to laptop while the laptop is off
3) Power on the laptop and open MAX
4) MAX shows that cRIO is connected and running, but when I click on Advanced Ethernet Settings, it times-out (56)
5) I toggle the IP Reset switch on the chassis and hit Reset on the chassis.
6) MAX detects cRIO and shows that it is unconfigured.
7) I use the suggested values, where the gateway values are left blank.
8) Once I applied the values, MAX reboots cRIO.
9) The result of Step 4 is shown again.
10) I restart the laptop with everything else still connected.
11) MAX shows that cRIO is connected and Advanced Ethernet Settings is responsive.
When I was setting up the cRIO for the first time, I couldn't get it to work because of the time-out error (56).
I couldn't download any software to cRIO. Then I got the experience that restarting the laptop 'fixes' that
problem.
Also, when MAX says that cRIO is 'Running', the vi doesn't seem to be running. How do I compile or load the
vi so that cRIO could run it autonomously when I hit reset? 
- Thank you