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You need one on the camera and one on each flash that you have placed remotely. So... if you have 4 flashes, you need 5 PW units.
Having said that... if you live in the USA, you can order something called Radio Poppers, which are both superior and cheaper than Pocket Wizards, and do something that the PWs cannot... relay CLS info from camera to all strobes.
This is what I shall be getting when they are easier to get and available in Canada.
Not if the other flashes are set to optical slaves of course. Anything will fire them, so two PW's would work for the op.
Plus the Radio poppers are almost the same price as the PW PII's and aren't necessarily better. The initial price isn't the only cost. If you're setting lights manually, you can buy a $80 strobe that will put out as much light as a $230 TTL light from Canon.
Three sunpak 383's = $240
Two Canon 230EX's and a 580EX II = $860
Even with Nikon, three SB 600's are going to cost more than three sunpak's and you still need at least a D80 to use commander mode from the camera.
Plus the PW's still have range on the radio popper's. Advertised distance is 300'.