Airport card for emac

I have read about installing an airport card into my emac and it all looks relatively simple. My questions are about its ease of use once installed and the speed it will run at. I am looking to move into a house with five other students three or four of which will be using the internet. The plan is to get as high broadband server as our budget allows and this is currently around 8mb. What will the end performance on my emac be? and how easy is it to get the card working?
thanks in advance

If it is an orginal card then you may find that the maximum effective speed you will achieve will be 4Mbps.
If it is an Airport Extreme card then the maximum effective speed you will achieve will be 22Mbps which is faster than your 8Mb internet connection.
iFelix

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