# How can I configure an Series 1 Xbee to act as a Router between End Devices and a Coordinator?

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**Category:** XBee - 802.15.4\
**Tags:** router, xbee\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425 "2015-02-24T23:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![mentality27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mentality27](https://forums.digi.com/u/mentality27)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425/1 "2015-02-24T23:16:30Z")

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**Author:** ![rmoral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/rmoral/32/4287_2.png) [@rmoral](https://forums.digi.com/u/rmoral)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425/2 "2015-02-25T08:54:13Z")

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Hi,

That is not possible. In the 802.15.4 protocol there are only two roles: coordinator and end device.

If you want to have routers, you should use other protocol like ZigBee (XBee Series 2).

Regards.

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**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425/3 "2015-02-25T08:53:47Z")

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You can’t. The 802.15.4 protocol that the S1 uses does not support data forwarding or routing.

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**Author:** ![pathakhcst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@pathakhcst](https://forums.digi.com/u/pathakhcst)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425/4 "2015-04-21T11:48:12Z")

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I have Xbee2 LTH Sensor. Can I configure it as a router?

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**Author:** ![wijippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@wijippo](https://forums.digi.com/u/wijippo)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/how-can-i-configure-an-series-1-xbee-to-act-as-a-router-between-end-devices-and-a-coordinator/14425/5 "2017-11-15T09:40:24Z")

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Hello to everyone.  
What are the differences between the coordinator and the last point in the Serial 1 Xbee device?

I communicate by giving myID on both devices, but that did not make sense to me. I want to communicate with myID via coordinator routing without using MAC addresses.

how do I configure it?  
I want to set up a network with 2 coordinators 10 endpoints.

can you help me please?