I've had one of these for years and since upgrading to a 8 Pro no devices route through it. Since I upgraded to ZwaveJS recently I started watching things like this and noticed that there's definitely nothing using this Aeotec as a repeater.
Advice: Remove it? Leave it in? Is it a net plus or negative in any way?
I had one for several years and also saw nothing using it. I ended up removing it.
I discovered the same, even long before JS -- a device routing through one of my RE7s was a rarity. I don't think there's any design issue with those devices: I just have a relatively small house and devices typically connect direct.
Though admittedly not super rational, I do like the notion of having an underlying backbone of well-positioned repeaters, so I replaced my RE7s with Zooz ZAC38s -- that gives me backbone peace-of-mind plus power-outage notification capability on my most important circuits.
Same...had several of these on my Z-Wave mesh (C8-Pro) for a couple years, nothing routed through them so I pulled them all off eventually.
Removed it. Earth still spinning so I guess all is well. 
Thanks guys.
I have the Extender 6. And it appears nothing routes through it. Any problems just leaving it in my environment?
I too have harboured one of these parasites for years.
I don't think there is anything routing through it but on JS I don't know how to tell.
ZIP had the wonderfull ZW Mesh app.
How did you get your app to list information grouped like that?
That's just a snippet from the Settings | Z-Wave Details page.
I was hoping it showed # of devices routing but it doesn't.
My settings/details page looks nothing like that.
I found it.....thanks.
A bit more tedious than the ZW Mesh app, but you can grab the a device ID on the ZW Details page and then do a CTRL-F search on it to highlight devices routing through it...
Exampe from mine: Acting as router...
Routing through it:
Great idea.
I have one iBlind on the opposite side of the house routing through it; pointless.
I only put the repeater where it is to be the closest hop to my back garage as it has 3 ZW devices installed.
Pull the tooth!
Same here. But no devices are using it.
Thanks for the interesting adventure. I have both an Aeotec 6 and 7. Originally purchased for mesh support on a C7. On the current C8 nothing is routing through either one. Guess I'll pull the plug and see if anything changes.
Edit: I'm going to keep the 7 plugged in. It functions as a useful very low lumen foot path illuminating night light near the master bedroom door.
One use I have for mine is to know whether I lost AC power and use that to trigger a hub shutdown
Then you must have a Ring Extender or a ZAC38 - the RE7 does not have a battery.
Right you are, sorry.
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