A method of enabling a publisher mesh node to update a number of hops that is to be used for communication between said publisher mesh node and a subscriber mesh node in a wireless mesh network, wherein said method comprises the steps of periodically receiving, by said subscriber mesh node, broadcasted messages from said publisher mesh node, wherein said broadcasted messages comprise a number of hops that said broadcasted messages may traverse in said mesh network, determining, by said subscriber mesh node, that one or more periodically broadcasted messages have not been received, transmitting, by said subscriber mesh node in reply to said determination that one or more periodically broadcasted messages have not been received, a probe message to said publisher mesh node, wherein said probe message comprises a number of hops corresponding to a periodically broadcasted message that was received by said subscriber mesh node.