# Is it necessary in a mesh network of zigbee that a coordinator should be there or we can make any router as master?

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**Category:** XBee - Hardware\
**Tags:** xbee-mesh\
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-it-necessary-in-a-mesh-network-of-zigbee-that-a-coordinator-should-be-there-or-we-can-make-any-router-as-master/19704 "2018-07-10T08:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![zainfakhr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zainfakhr777](https://forums.digi.com/u/zainfakhr777)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/is-it-necessary-in-a-mesh-network-of-zigbee-that-a-coordinator-should-be-there-or-we-can-make-any-router-as-master/19704/1 "2018-07-10T08:28:41Z")

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Hello,

I need your expertise in this. Is it necessary in a mesh network of Zigbee that a coordinator should be there or we can make any router as master?