Hi schiffne,
Thanks for sharing your findings here. It seems like the touchpad driver is coming in conflict with the Intel driver.
To nautilus1982 and k-woman,
You may also test this out and see if this also fixes your network connection issues.
Since you are all using Lenovo* laptop, we suggest to try to contact Lenovo* so they can have a look at the network and touchpad drivers.
Looking forward to your test results.
Sincerely,
Sandy