Packet #14201073 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) to XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)

20
Total Receptions
20
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
23
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 14201073
Mesh Packet ID: 0x4deda68e
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-10-08 16:02:36 UTC
From Node: Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
To Node: XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
Channel: MediumSlow
RSSI: Unknown
SNR: Unknown
Hop Info: 0/2 hops
Start: 2, Limit: 2
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 23 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8) → Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
Hop Count: 1 hops
Status: Incomplete - Final destination not reached
SNR Towards: 0.0 dB -2.5 dB
Route Visualization

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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8) 49.29 km 0.0 dB Origin Hops
2 XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8) Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) 49.29 km -2.5 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Total Forward Distance
98.58 km
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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:23 bytes
Gateway:!a03526b0
Channel:MediumSlow
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 2
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Targeted to specific node
+ 3 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a03526b0
Node ID format
channel_id MediumSlow
packet MeshPacket (23 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 2687837872
Source node ID 		uint32
to 864535752
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 23 bytes size
hop_limit 2
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 2
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi Not set int32
rx_snr Not set float
rx_time 1759939354
Receive timestamp 		fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission 		bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested 		bool
priority 70
Packet priority level 		enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption 		bool
next_hop Not set uint32
relay_node 176
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1759939356.28794
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)
  • ✓ 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
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !a03526b0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:23 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 864535752, 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ 0.0, -2.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "864535752": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "2687837872": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 14201073, "timestamp": 1759939356.28794, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 864535752, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!a03526b0", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "mesh_packet_id": 1307420302, "rssi": 0, "snr": 0.0, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 2, "payload_length": 23, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a08c8c48733b02635a0120b00f6ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 0, "priority": 70, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1759939354, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 176, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-10-08 16:02:36", "hop_count": 0, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "gateway_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2687837872, "latitude": 40.8682496, "longitude": -3.538944, "altitude": 1005, "timestamp": 1759953744.9084818, "timestamp_str": "2025-10-08 20:02:24", "display_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️", "long_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️", "short_name": "Vb2", "hw_model": "STATION_G2" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 14201073, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 864535752, "timestamp": 1759939356.28794, "gateway_id": "!a03526b0", "raw_payload": "0a08c8c48733b02635a0120b00f6ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 2, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 864535752, 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ 0.0, -2.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 2687837872, 864535752, 2687837872 ], "node_names": [ "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0, -2.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 864535752, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "to_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 864535752, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "to_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 2687837872, 864535752 ], "node_names": [ "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0, -2.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 864535752, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "to_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 864535752, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.5, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "to_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8) → Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 864535752, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "to_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 864535752, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "from_node_name": "XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "snr": -2.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 49291.07158083809, "from_location_timestamp": 1759938435.7973762, "to_location_timestamp": 1759926515.9396071, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.3h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 3.6h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 98582.14316167618, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a03526b0", "channel_id": "MediumSlow", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 2687837872, "to": 864535752, "id": 1307420302, "rx_time": 1759939354, "rx_snr": 0.0, "rx_rssi": 0, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 2, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 0, "priority": 70, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 176, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a08c8c48733b02635a0120b00f6ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 864535752, 2687837872 ], "snr_towards": [ 0, -10 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (23 bytes)
0a08c8c48733b02635a0120b00f6ffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:23 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
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Correlation: Using Mesh Packet ID
Reception Locations

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Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Channel Timestamp Actions
Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		Unknown Unknown 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:36 Current
GRN1-Base🗼🌐 (GRN1) +2.823s
After 		-92.0 dBm 3.25 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:39 View
RodasCard📱🌐 (RDSc) +3.001s
After 		-109.0 dBm -12.25 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:39 View
XiaoWatt c4c8 🌐🔌 (c4c8) +3.567s
After 		-95.0 dBm -2.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:39 View
Machu Pichu (MaPi) +3.779s
After 		-107.0 dBm -5.75 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:40 View
Quass001 ☄️ (Q001) +4.402s
After 		-117.0 dBm -13.00 dB 0 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:40 View
Quass002 ☄️ (Q002) +4.613s
After 		Unknown Unknown 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:40 View
Ocumare_Base_🗼🌐 (CATA) +4.781s
After 		-93.0 dBm 1.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:41 View
Carbon EA4HKU (C) +5.221s
After 		-108.0 dBm 1.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:41 View
Meshtastic 1760 (1760) +5.309s
After 		-124.0 dBm -5.75 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:41 View
Ortem 🚀 2b88 (2b88) +5.361s
After 		-115.0 dBm -12.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:41 View
Meshtastic 18a4 (18a4) +5.642s
After 		Unknown Unknown 2 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:41 View
Oxygen EA4HKU (O) +6.277s
After 		-64.0 dBm 8.00 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:42 View
Rodashtastic🗼🌐 (RDSt) +6.320s
After 		-115.0 dBm -7.50 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:42 View
[TLG] 📡🌐🔋🔌 (tlg0) +6.348s
After 		-118.0 dBm -12.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:42 View
Kenobi23 QTH (5aec) +6.863s
After 		-99.0 dBm 1.00 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:43 View
Kenobi23 movil (5672) +8.459s
After 		-49.0 dBm 8.75 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:44 View
Karabanchel_Baldur (KarB) +10.438s
After 		-87.0 dBm 1.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:46 View
tizon (Sylv) +10.737s
After 		-105.0 dBm 5.25 dB 1 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:47 View
🌐Charly Unid Movil🛰 (C181) +13.598s
After 		-116.0 dBm -16.50 dB 2 MediumSlow 2025-10-08 16:02:49 View
20

Total Receptions

20

Unique Gateways