Does the Range Upgrade for a computer need to be purchased per device to be connected, or do you upgrade the Range once and it covers all control modules?
Upgrades to a computer improve the overall effectiveness of the computer. The Range upgrade would effect all control modules on that computer and only needs to be purchased once.
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After reading and rereading, I believe that a range upgrade is per specific connection (i.e. from one computer to one controlled module). I believe this because of the wording "...and costs 5 credits (this includes the adjustments to both the computer and the connected device)..." It seems to imply that adjustments need to be made to each of the computer and the controlled module. Also, the fact that the range upgrades are so cheap seems to reinforce this.
The answer is both, but it's more complicated than that. Your computer only needs 1 range module, it's basically a wifi card. However, you're not installing the control module into your computer, you're remotely connecting to the local computer that controls the device. That computer needs a range module and a control module.
"The control module allows the computer to operate a
complex device, to which it must be in some way connected."
The computer has to be connected to the device it's controlling, which is why we're talking about range modules. Control modules themselves don't get range modules, computers do. If you make a turret, you're attaching a computer to a gun and including a control module to fire it and a range module to connect to it. Again, your computer does not get the control module, the local computer does. You can use your computer to remotely connect to the local computer and gain access to the control module to fire the gun. Note that this opens it up to remote hacking.
In summary:
You're not installing the control module into your computer, you're remotely connecting to the local computer that controls the device.