# Xenon can act as either an endpoint or repeater? **URL:** \ **Category:** BLE // NFC\ **Created:** [November 23, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/xenon-can-act-as-either-an-endpoint-or-repeater/45502 "2018-11-23T17:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xpercad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d6d6ee/32.png) [@xpercad](https://community.particle.io/u/xpercad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/xenon-can-act-as-either-an-endpoint-or-repeater/45502/1 "2018-11-23T17:57:38Z")
The Xenon description reads: _The Xenon is a low cost mesh-enabled development board that can act as either an endpoint or repeater within a Particle Mesh network_ Does this mean that a Xenon acting as an endpoint can’t simultaneosly be a repeater or that a Xenon acting as a repeater can’t do endpoint functions? ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/xenon-can-act-as-either-an-endpoint-or-repeater/45502/2 "2018-11-23T18:15:33Z")
A Xenon would by default act as repeater which can also do everything an endpoind could do **_plus_** the repeater stuff. But if you know it will sleep most the time and never need to act as repeater you can deactivate the extras, freeing up some resources to solely focus on the on task it was given. ---
**Author:** ![xpercad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d6d6ee/32.png) [@xpercad](https://community.particle.io/u/xpercad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/xenon-can-act-as-either-an-endpoint-or-repeater/45502/3 "2018-11-23T18:39:09Z")
Thanks!