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Another issue, since your laptop works well close to the router, could be that you're bumping heads with other routers using the same or a close channel.

You can download a freeware version of inssider and see if you have any conflicts. If necessary, you can change the channel your router is using to one that has less interference.

That Netgear router is open source. You might find a fix for your problem at the community website.

http://myopenrouter.com