NWI/NWE - aka "pairing" "unpairing" over a hop

[joeaintexas]

Howdy-

I'm trying to find a definitive answer to following question: what conditions are necessary and sufficient to be able to pair and unpair "over a hop."

Given I have a Controller, a Hop (aka Repeater), and a Target, I've been led to believe that to include/pair the target over the hop *all three* nodes must support NWI and explorer frames. Is this true, or do most people believe it to be true? Which leads me to the inverse, that if all 3 do not support NWI/explorer frames, I will not be able to pair the target through the hop.

Thanks for any insight.

Joe

[PoltoS]

All devices: controller, device to be included and all routers (existing devices in the network) must support NWI. This means they should be based on SDKs 4.5x or 6.x.

NWE is supported starting from 6.6.x, so no devices on the market supports it yet.

[joeaintexas]

Thanks, that helps clarify things.

I've been brainstorming on how to actually test this; meaning, if I have the Controller, Router, and Device is there any technical means to test out that indeed, the inclusion took place using the Router in the network. After inclusion one can simply look at the routing table to see how messages are flowing, but during the inclusion process I would think you would need to sniff the radio network.