Newbie questions: wifi and geometry constraints

[ijabbott]

The adaptor and base station are wireless, but not "wi-fi" (that is, not IEEE 802.11). The adaptors can communicate with each other and with the base station, but cannot communicate over a "wi-fi" network.

The good news is that you don't need the base station. As a minimum, you need 2 Prime wireless adaptors or 1 adaptor and 1 base station. With 2 adaptors, you can connect one of them to the PC like a base station, and connect the other to the Prime.

Officially, they are only sold in classroom packs, but some forum members may have some spare ones!

Of course, you could just connect the Prime to a PC with the supplied USB cable, but where's the fun in that?