Hi, On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 06:57:44AM +0000, Sujay G wrote: > Alex, > Just wanted to mention that I am building on ubuntu -linux. (End solution is to run the openthread nodes inside containers and establish communication via fakeLB) . > Wondering if it is possible to connect the PHY devices and establish communication without RIOT? Or is RIOT required to establish communication between PHY devices ? > You don't need containers. Only if you use more than one linux IP interfaces it's needed to avoid internal routing without hitting the mac layer. You don't need RIOT, you can use RIOT... you can use whatever you want to connect to each other... question is if they will understand each other. For openthread you need their to speak their MLE protocol otherwise you will not get any communication. - Alex
