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

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