Advice about hooking up a MBA to my emac and it's firewire external devices

Hi
A friend has offered to pass on a MBA - the only prob is that i'm Emac and firewire based with my hard ware. I don't even use any wireless.
My First questions are:
1. Would it be possible to get the emac communicating with the MBA wirelessly in theory - and if so whats the easiest way ?
2. If i can do the above - will the MBA be able to access my external firewire HHDs and external dvd drive via them being hooked up to my emac - Whats the deal with the MBA accessing these external firewire devices ? Is it as simple as them being mounted on my emac desktop?
3. I'm on Tiger on my emac - will the Leopard on MBA be able to interact with this OS ?
4. My Emac is a PPC computor - will it still be able to interact with the MBA ?
Thanks for helping out ...
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You certainly can use an AEBS if you want. It's more expensive but is very well-made, reliable, and you can be sure it's Apple compatible. Personally, I use an AEBS in my home network. However, I use a D-Link 524 for my Vancouver condo network because I rent the condo when I'm not there. My tenants usually have PCs, so the D-Link will be easier for them to work with and configure. It works perfectly well with my Macs, but configuration requires using a browser (the included software doesn't work on Macs) and D-Link doesn't provide much support for Mac users. If these are concerns for you, then by all means use the AEBS. You won't be disappointed.
The D-Link 524 only supports Ethernet 10/100BT speeds, but for you that's fine because your eMac's Ethernet port only supports Ethernet 10/100BT speeds, so you really can't take advantage of the higher speeds within your network. The D-Link does not support 802.11n which means you will be limited to 802.11b/g communication speed for your MBA. That would not be the case with the AEBS.
As for file sharing you can share files between computers without requiring the use of the Public folder. See the following:
MacBook Air- How to use Remote Disc to share DVDs or CDs on a Mac or Windows-based computer
Help- Sharing your computer with others on your network
How to Connect to File Sharing or Apple File Services (AFP)
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