On Mar 5, 2010, at 16:39 , Richard Kelsey wrote: > In a lowpan With only a single PAN ID it makes much more > sense to use zeros and avoid problems if the PAN ID has to > change.
+1. Or it can also be 0xFFFF (broadcast) which then allows a 16-bit MAC address of 0. This is what most people are doing in practice from what I've seen. Wouldn't hurt to have a recommendation like that in HC... Zach -- http://www.sensinode.com http://zachshelby.org - My blog "On the Internet of Things" http://6lowpan.net - New book - "6LoWPAN: The Wireless Embedded Internet" Mobile: +358 40 7796297 Zach Shelby Head of Research Sensinode Ltd. Kidekuja 2 88610 Vuokatti, FINLAND This e-mail and all attached material are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail from your system without producing, distributing or retaining copies thereof. _______________________________________________ 6lowpan mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6lowpan
