Packet #10753006 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from Meshtastic 0627 (0627) to Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)

18
Total Receptions
18
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
28
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 10753006
Mesh Packet ID: 0x1d2e6826
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-09-15 18:47:57 UTC
From Node: Meshtastic 0627 (0627)
To Node: Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: g1bal (g1b0)
Channel: MediumSlow
RSSI: -108 dBm
SNR: -7.75 dBm
Hop Info: 0/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 3
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 28 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)
Hop Count: 0 hops
Status: Complete
SNR Towards: -3.75 dB -1.5 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Meshtastic 0627 (0627) Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) 40.81 km -3.75 dB Origin Hops
Total Forward Distance
40.81 km
Combined Traceroute Graph
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Nodes
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Connections
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Raw Packet Analysis
Complete field breakdown and MQTT privacy/exposure analysis
Packet Structure
MQTT Packet Flow:
ServiceEnvelope (MQTT layer) → MeshPacket (Mesh layer) → Decoded Payload (Application data)
Total Size:28 bytes
Gateway:!a0cb1ca0
Channel:MediumSlow
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 3
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Acknowledgment requested
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Exposure Risks:
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a0cb1ca0
Node ID format
channel_id MediumSlow
packet MeshPacket (28 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 3660252711
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2687837872
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 28 bytes size
hop_limit 3
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 3
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -108.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -7.75 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1757962076
Receive timestamp 		fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission 		bool
want_ack True
Acknowledgment requested 		bool
priority Not set enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption 		bool
next_hop 8
Next hop node ID 		uint32
relay_node 39
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1757962077.8707876
Unix timestamp 		uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

Analysis of privacy features and exposure risks when packet is shared via MQTT

Exposure Level: Direct Message
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Acknowledgment requested
  • ✓ Targeted to specific node
  • ✓ Custom channel: MediumSlow
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Want ack: True
Gateway ID: !a0cb1ca0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -108.0 dBm
SNR: -7.75 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:28 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 4258464776 ], "snr_towards": [ -3.75, -1.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "4258464776": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "2687837872": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "3660252711": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 10753006, "timestamp": 1757962077.8707876, "from_node_id": 3660252711, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!a0cb1ca0", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "mesh_packet_id": 489580582, "rssi": -108, "snr": -7.75, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "payload_length": 28, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a040804d3fd1214f1ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1757962076, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 8, "relay_node": 39, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-09-15 18:47:57", "hop_count": 0, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "gateway_name": "g1bal (g1b0)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2697665696, "latitude": 40.501248, "longitude": -3.6962304, "altitude": null, "timestamp": 1758197377.7277627, "timestamp_str": "2025-09-18 12:09:37", "display_name": "g1bal", "long_name": "g1bal", "short_name": "g1b0", "hw_model": "HELTEC_V3" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 10753006, "from_node_id": 3660252711, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "timestamp": 1757962077.8707876, "gateway_id": "!a0cb1ca0", "raw_payload": "0a040804d3fd1214f1ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 4258464776 ], "snr_towards": [ -3.75, -1.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 3660252711, 4258464776 ], "node_names": [ "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)" ], "snr_values": [ -3.75, -1.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3660252711, "to_node_id": 4258464776, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -3.75, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 40808.715990435834, "from_location_timestamp": 1757963462.0709004, "to_location_timestamp": 1757959889.282368, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h later", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.6h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 2687837872, 4258464776, 3660252711 ], "node_names": [ "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)" ], "snr_values": [ -3.75, -1.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 4258464776, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -3.75, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 13225.803020975785, "from_location_timestamp": 1757959941.6464996, "to_location_timestamp": 1757959889.282368, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.6h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 4258464776, "to_node_id": 3660252711, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "snr": -1.5, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 40808.715990435834, "from_location_timestamp": 1757959889.282368, "to_location_timestamp": 1757963462.0709004, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h later" } ], "is_complete": true, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": true, "forward_path_display": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627) → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) → Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3660252711, "to_node_id": 4258464776, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 0627 (0627)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -3.75, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 40808.715990435834, "from_location_timestamp": 1757963462.0709004, "to_location_timestamp": 1757959889.282368, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h later", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.6h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 40808.715990435834, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a0cb1ca0", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 3660252711, "to": 2687837872, "id": 489580582, "rx_time": 1757962076, "rx_snr": -7.75, "rx_rssi": -108, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 8, "relay_node": 39, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a040804d3fd1214f1ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 4258464776 ], "snr_towards": [ -15, -6 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (28 bytes)
0a040804d3fd1214f1ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:28 bytes
Format:Protobuf (Protocol Buffers)
Encoding:Binary with varint and length-delimited fields
This is the raw protobuf-encoded payload as received from MQTT. The structure follows the Meshtastic protobuf schema definitions.
All Receptions
All gateways that received this packet
Correlation: Using Mesh Packet ID
Reception Locations

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Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Channel Timestamp Actions
g1bal (g1b0) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-108.0 dBm -7.75 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:57 Current
Meshtastic 1760 (1760) -0.023s
Before 		-128.0 dBm -8.75 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:57 View
Venturada base🗼🌐 (Vb) -0.017s
Before 		-90.0 dBm 8.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:57 View
Meshtastic fbec (fbec) +0.087s
After 		-127.0 dBm -8.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:57 View
Mec Rocket Meco (MRM) +0.276s
After 		-119.0 dBm -15.75 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:58 View
Will - Azuqueca (WAzq) +0.784s
After 		-111.0 dBm -9.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:47:58 View
Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) +7.805s
After 		-95.0 dBm -0.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:05 View
Rodashtastic🗼🌐 (RDSt) +8.112s
After 		-114.0 dBm -5.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:05 View
@lazynoda cocidito 🥵 🗼🌐 (LNCM) +8.153s
After 		-111.0 dBm 1.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:06 View
Meshtastic 18a4 (18a4) +8.319s
After 		Unknown Unknown 2 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:06 View
Rainbow 🦄 (Jen4) +8.664s
After 		-55.0 dBm 9.00 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:06 View
Perseo 📡 🌐 (nvm1) +8.803s
After 		-112.0 dBm -14.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:06 View
Monolito (7960) +9.086s
After 		-64.0 dBm 8.25 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:06 View
GRN1-Base🗼🌐 (GRN1) +9.136s
After 		-98.0 dBm 7.75 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:07 View
Tlgo 📡🌐🔋🔌 (TLG0) +9.138s
After 		-114.0 dBm -9.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:07 View
Meshtastic c498📡🌐 (C498) +9.731s
After 		-117.0 dBm -13.25 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:07 View
Ocumare_Base_🗼🌐 (CATA) +10.479s
After 		-96.0 dBm Unknown 2 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:08 View
Meshtastic b0e4 (b0e4) +13.089s
After 		-128.0 dBm -17.25 dB 3 MediumSlow 2025-09-15 18:48:10 View
18

Total Receptions

18

Unique Gateways