Packet #12438566 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) to Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)

18
Total Receptions
18
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
19
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 12438566
Mesh Packet ID: 0xd8ab9ee9
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-09-27 13:00:45 UTC
From Node: Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)
To Node: Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Rodashtastic🗼🌐 (RDSt)
Channel: MediumSlow
RSSI: -113 dBm
SNR: -5.25 dBm
Hop Info: 0/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 3
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 19 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
Hop Count: 0 hops
Status: Complete
SNR Towards: -2.25 dB 0.25 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) 13.23 km -2.25 dB Origin Hops
Total Forward Distance
13.23 km
Combined Traceroute Graph
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🚀 Source Node
🎯 Target Node
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:19 bytes
Gateway:!849acd88
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
+ 4 more...
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 !849acd88
Node ID format
channel_id MediumSlow
packet MeshPacket (19 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 4258464776
Source node ID 		uint32
to 383462584
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 19 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 -113.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -5.25 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1758978043
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 Not set uint32
relay_node 8
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1758978045.0646183
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: !849acd88
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -113.0 dBm
SNR: -5.25 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:19 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ -2.25, 0.25 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "2687837872": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "4258464776": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "383462584": "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 12438566, "timestamp": 1758978045.0646183, "from_node_id": 4258464776, "to_node_id": 383462584, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!849acd88", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "mesh_packet_id": 3635125993, "rssi": -113, "snr": -5.25, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "payload_length": 19, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a04b02635a0120bf7ffffffffffffffff0101", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1758978043, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 8, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-09-27 13:00:45", "hop_count": 0, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)", "gateway_name": "Rodashtastic🗼🌐 (RDSt)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2224737672, "latitude": 40.4488192, "longitude": -3.3816576, "altitude": 680, "timestamp": 1759927903.3312502, "timestamp_str": "2025-10-08 12:51:43", "display_name": "Rodashtastic🗼🌐", "long_name": "Rodashtastic🗼🌐", "short_name": "RDSt", "hw_model": "HELTEC_V3" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 12438566, "from_node_id": 4258464776, "to_node_id": 383462584, "timestamp": 1758978045.0646183, "gateway_id": "!849acd88", "raw_payload": "0a04b02635a0120bf7ffffffffffffffff0101", "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ -2.25, 0.25 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 4258464776, 2687837872 ], "node_names": [ "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)" ], "snr_values": [ -2.25, 0.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 4258464776, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 13225.803020975785, "from_location_timestamp": 1758953931.6374478, "to_location_timestamp": 1758953928.6335244, "from_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 383462584, 2687837872, 4258464776 ], "node_names": [ "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)", "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)" ], "snr_values": [ -2.25, 0.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 383462584, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 26326.94706243862, "from_location_timestamp": 1757787593.0952468, "to_location_timestamp": 1758953928.6335244, "from_location_age_warning": "from 2.0w ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 4258464776, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": 0.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 13225.803020975785, "from_location_timestamp": 1758953928.6335244, "to_location_timestamp": 1758953931.6374478, "from_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": true, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": true, "forward_path_display": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) → Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "Dash 🦄📡 (Jen0) → Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 4258464776, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 13225.803020975785, "from_location_timestamp": 1758953931.6374478, "to_location_timestamp": 1758953928.6335244, "from_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 6.7h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 13225.803020975785, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!849acd88", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 4258464776, "to": 383462584, "id": 3635125993, "rx_time": 1758978043, "rx_snr": -5.25, "rx_rssi": -113, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 8, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a04b02635a0120bf7ffffffffffffffff0101", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ -9, 1 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (19 bytes)
0a04b02635a0120bf7ffffffffffffffff0101
Hex Analysis:
Size:19 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
Rodashtastic🗼🌐 (RDSt) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-113.0 dBm -5.25 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 Current
Will - Azuqueca (WAzq) -0.275s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -1.50 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:44 View
Mec Rocket Meco (MRM) -0.273s
Before 		-113.0 dBm -11.25 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:44 View
Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) -0.269s
Before 		-95.0 dBm 1.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:44 View
Fuenca fijo (c578) -0.092s
Before 		-118.0 dBm -5.75 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:44 View
SkG@Somewhere 🤨 (SkG?) -0.077s
Before 		-107.0 dBm -1.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:44 View
Machu Pichu (MaPi) -0.037s
Before 		-94.0 dBm 3.50 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
Baldur Fijo (BalF) -0.012s
Before 		-105.0 dBm 1.75 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
Meshtastic 18a4 (18a4) +0.017s
After 		-122.0 dBm -15.25 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
[TLG] 📡🌐🔋🔌 (tlg0) +0.020s
After 		-112.0 dBm -9.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
Naranjo C191 🌐 (FNL) +0.030s
After 		-113.0 dBm -4.50 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
SkG@Home 📡🌐 (SkGH) +0.065s
After 		-121.0 dBm -12.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:45 View
Meshtastic 1760 (1760) +0.997s
After 		-123.0 dBm -4.75 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:46 View
G71NCH3-NB-MAD-02 (G71B) +1.125s
After 		-39.0 dBm 8.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:46 View
Malasaña Solar ☀️ (🌇) +2.065s
After 		-118.0 dBm -10.75 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:47 View
Kenobi23 QTH (5aec) +2.097s
After 		-96.0 dBm Unknown 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:47 View
🌐Charly Unid Movil🛰 (C181) +2.288s
After 		-114.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:47 View
Monolito (MoN) +3.027s
After 		-64.0 dBm 8.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-09-27 13:00:48 View
18

Total Receptions

18

Unique Gateways