# Is a NetID required for a private LoRaWAN network? What does it cost?

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**Created:** [January 6, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/is-a-netid-required-for-a-private-lorawan-network-what-does-it-cost/4696 "2017-01-06T19:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![htdvisser](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/htdvisser/32/45312_2.png) [@htdvisser](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/htdvisser)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/is-a-netid-required-for-a-private-lorawan-network-what-does-it-cost/4696/5 "2017-04-10T09:49:56Z")

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> [@antonish](#):
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> My understanding is you don’t need a NetID for private networks, and a registered NetID is needed for public networks to support roaming.

A NetID is indeed not required for a private network, but a private network is required to use a different sync word than a public network

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