Zigbee PAN ID

Wireless & IoT
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Hi Guys,

I would like to know whether its possible for a Zigbee device to hold 2 PAN ID concurrently? One PAN ID will be corresponds to internal network and the other for external network.

Thanks. :slight_smile:

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PAN ID is an 802.15.4 concept. ZigBee is a network layer optionally used with 802.15.4.

The IEEE standard doesn’t allow for detection of messages to more than one PAN ID, to my knowledge. I don’t think this is in the silicon, but rather, in the code for the lower part of the MAC layer. Similar to WiFi and SSIDs. Seems like one could modify the MAC layer code to do multiple PAN IDs; not sure. Mucking about in the lower levels of the MAC can invalidate compliance tests.