Wireless Network on Snow Leopard

Hi,
I am fairly new to Macs, and apologize if i ask a stupid question however.....I was wondering if someone would spend a little of there time and help me out with a few things. Completely high level at the moment.
I have an Imac running snow leopard and in the next few weeks will be purchasing a mac book pro. I wish to set up a wireless network which i understand i can do via airport utility.
First Question - How do i set up user accounts on the network, so that when a user logs into one of the two macs, there greeted with a login notification. When they log in there connected to the network and can i administor these user names through my Imac which will be the admin computer.
Second Question - In the near future i hope to purchase a mac mini running snow leopard server, and then user server admin tools to adminsitor the server remotely, again through my Imac. Again, when the users log in via there network passwords, they are connected to the network and server automatically.
Any help would be massively appreciated, thank you in advance.
Dan.

You can centrally administer user names and passwords, and some user settings such as Finder and Dock preferences. To get an idea of what's possible, read the documentation for Snow Leopard Server. You can also install Server Admin Tools and use the Workgroup Manager application to administer user accounts on your own Mac, even under the client OS. At the authentication prompt, enter "localhost" as the server and use your local admin name and password.
Note that Mac OS X 10.7, due out later this year, will have the server components included, presumably as an optional installation. If you're willing to wait, you can save some money, as SL Server is quite expensive.

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