Question about Built- in Airport Extreme

[joelovesapple]

Hi,

If i have airport extreme which is built into the imacs (im getting the 24") would it affect my broadband connection on the imac if i had it connected to the net?

I do not have a router, we only have this pc connected to the web right now but tomorrow I'm getting another pc to tinker around with for a class, but if this was also connected to the web on a wireless connection, would the entire network (including the imac) have the wireless speed have the same number of megabytes per second?

Sorry if you dont understand. Its just i dont understand about the airport extreme being built in - i thought i needed a router if i were to have wireless. Thanks!

 

[Eraserhead]

The iMac, has Airport built in so it can talk to a wireless router, also as long as the computer is on you can share your internet connection from the ethernet port on your Mac onto wireless for other people to access.

 

[nagromme]

You can even user Mac itself like a wireless router of sorts ("software base station"), sharing its Internet connection with other machines wirelessly.