New Laptop gets sporadic/no wireless connection

[Arcanum]

So for Christmas I got this laptop right here. It arrived in the mail today and there's one glaring problem (other than Windows 8 being terrible). It refuses to maintain a connection to my wireless router. As soon as I boot up the laptop, and even for the first few times I disconnect and reconnect to the wi-fi, I can go online and attempt to download Firefox (because fuck internet explorer). But the wi-fi connection always gets severed after the first 30-40 seconds and no amount of voodoo has been able to bring it back. Even google-fu has failed me. So I need some help.

My router: Linksys Cisco wrt160n V3

When I run "ipconfig /all" in the command prompt on the laptop, my IPv4 is 192.168.1.117 so it is getting assigned an IP from the router. Also DHCP is enabled.

edit- Here's the whole ipconfig

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Mike>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MikeLaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cgocable.net

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C6-85-08-E5-A5-11
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-85-08-E5-A5-11
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cgocable.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6235
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-85-08-E5-A5-10
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8906:26c8:cd8:c79c%16(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.117(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : January 2, 2013 8:16:28 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 4, 2013 2:09:14 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 381977864
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-EA-E6-F4-E8-03-9A-E4-A0-ED

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
24.226.1.93
24.226.10.193
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-85-08-E5-A5-14
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 50-B7-C3-76-28-DC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.cgocable.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cgocable.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Any advice, help, or ritual sacrifices would be appreciated.

edit2- Gonna try disabling IPv6

edit3- the laptop is now stuck in a failed auto-repair loop when it boots up. Awesome.

e4- I CAN'T EVEN RESET MY LAPTOP TO THE ORIGINAL SETTINGS BECAUSE "THERE WAS A PROBLEM RESETTING YOUR PC" WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TELL ME I CAN DO SUCH A THING IF YOU CAN'T EVEN DO IT WHEN THERE'S THE SIMPLEST PROBLEM!!!!!????