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From your description there is a wall between your router and your desktop. Possibility is that the wall is very thick, or has a load of metal in the walls (often foil is used in the walls for insulation) killing the reception.
Are you sure that the issue is the router and not the wireless adaptor for the desktop. Putting that on an extension cord and moving away from the desktop may help (and check that they match in terms of what the router is providing and what they receive (i.e. both AC or N or whatever).
aggi
Repost from AQA with one added note - this is not a range issue - the router it 10 feet away from the desktop:
I've got a new internet connection. 100mbps. The router I got with the internet (which I'm paying for) is completely unfit for purpose (it's the zyxel VMG1312-B10D). I have ethernet directly into the flat which works perfectly if connected directly to my PC. Put it through the router and connect via wifi? Speeds drop from from 100 to as low as 1mbps (average probably around 20, but it's really unstable and I'm fairly frequently getting kicked off a work VPN connection).
Thoughts?
Additional addendum:
I'm using some powerline adapters right now - direct from wall into main one. Speed ain't great (20-50 - this is perhaps partially due to them having to go through UK > EU adapters), but it's stable and generally faster.