Mac Mini First time... What do i need?

Hi everyone,
i just bought a Mac Mini Server for my small company with a bunch of IMACS (5 to be exact). We were before on Windows Server 2000 with all pc's. A **** of a difference with the Mac's. The Macs were very easy to connect to the Window Server 2000 and until now everything seem to work BUT it's now time to concentrate on the installation of the Mac Mini Server...
We used to have the Modem for internet + a router with cables for each machine to connect to the server... *Is the Linksys router that i have still necessary with the MAC MINI to connect all the machines to the server or is it WIRELESS????*
*If one of the IMACS client is about 100 feet away (in the warehouse) would it be able to connect to the Mac Mini Server wireless or do i have to connect it via Cable?*
Also, anybody has any suggestion to give me on how to set up these 5 client machines?
Thank you
William

Welcome to  Discussions!
You should be able to connect computer to computer wirelessly, but that's called an 'ad hoc' network and probably not your best way to run your network. You should still use some sort of a router, and you could use a wireless router.
However...
A wireless network will never, ever be as secure as a wired network. Every form of wireless network security has had an exploit of some sort discovered for it so far. A wire you've run won't suffer a 'man in the middle' attack. It also won't lose connectivity because of an errant device in the same wireless band. with a modem and a router, you have one point of penetration to guard. Don't give up the wires over the dazzle appeal of a wireless network. Any critical or sensitive data should be sent over wires.

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