Packet #1569802 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU) to Seta (πŸ„)

15
Total Receptions
15
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
14
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 1569802
Mesh Packet ID: 0xa4dc69d9
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-06-22 19:47:32 UTC
From Node: SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)
To Node: Seta (πŸ„)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Seta (πŸ„)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -79 dBm
SNR: 5.0 dBm
Hop Info: 0/4 hops
Start: 4, Limit: 4
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 14 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Seta (πŸ„) β†’ SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)
Hop Count: 1 hops
Status: Incomplete - Final destination not reached
SNR Towards: 0.0 dB 4.25 dB
Route Visualization
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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU) Seta (πŸ„) 54.22 km 0.0 dB Origin Hops
2 Seta (πŸ„) SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU) 54.22 km 4.25 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Total Forward Distance
108.43 km
Combined Traceroute Graph
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Legend & Paths
Nodes
πŸ”„ Router Node
πŸ“‘ Gateway Node
πŸš€ Source Node
🎯 Target Node
Connections
RF Link
Gateway Connection
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Raw Packet Analysis
Complete field breakdown and MQTT privacy/exposure analysis
Packet Structure
MQTT Packet Flow:
ServiceEnvelope (MQTT layer) β†’ MeshPacket (Mesh layer) β†’ Decoded Payload (Application data)
Total Size:14 bytes
Gateway:!a0352784
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 4
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
βœ“ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
βœ“ Targeted to specific node
+ 2 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
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MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a0352784
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (14 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 689380565
Source node ID
uint32
to 2687838084
Target node ID
uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 14 bytes size
hop_limit 4
Remaining hops allowed
uint32
hop_start 4
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi -79.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway
int32
rx_snr 5.00 dB
Signal quality at gateway
float
rx_time 1750621650
Receive timestamp
fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission
bool
want_ack False
No ACK 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 213
Relay node ID
uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1750621652.374348
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:
  • βœ“ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • βœ“ Targeted to specific node
  • βœ“ Gateway node ID tracked
  • βœ“ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Default channel - no encryption
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !a0352784
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -79.0 dBm
SNR: 5.00 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:14 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 2687838084, 689380565 ], "snr_towards": [ 0.0, 4.25 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "2687838084": "Seta (πŸ„)", "689380565": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 1569802, "timestamp": 1750621652.374348, "from_node_id": 689380565, "to_node_id": 2687838084, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!a0352784", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 2765908441, "rssi": -79, "snr": 5.0, "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "payload_length": 14, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a08842735a0d51c172912020011", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 0, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1750621650, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 213, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-06-22 19:47:32", "hop_count": 0, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "to_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "gateway_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2687838084, "latitude": 40.3993275, "longitude": -3.7273502, "altitude": 615, "timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "timestamp_str": "2025-06-18 07:32:59", "display_name": "Seta", "long_name": "Seta", "short_name": "πŸ„", "hw_model": "STATION_G2" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 1569802, "from_node_id": 689380565, "to_node_id": 2687838084, "timestamp": 1750621652.374348, "gateway_id": "!a0352784", "raw_payload": "0a08842735a0d51c172912020011", "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "from_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "to_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 2687838084, 689380565 ], "snr_towards": [ 0.0, 4.25 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 689380565, 2687838084, 689380565 ], "node_names": [ "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "Seta (πŸ„)", "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0, 4.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 689380565, "to_node_id": 2687838084, "from_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "to_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 2687838084, "to_node_id": 689380565, "from_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "to_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "snr": 4.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "to_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 689380565, 2687838084 ], "node_names": [ "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "Seta (πŸ„)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0, 4.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 689380565, "to_node_id": 2687838084, "from_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "to_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 2687838084, "to_node_id": 689380565, "from_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "to_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "snr": 4.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "to_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU) β†’ Seta (πŸ„) β†’ SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU) β†’ Seta (πŸ„)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 689380565, "to_node_id": 2687838084, "from_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "to_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "snr": 0.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 2687838084, "to_node_id": 689380565, "from_node_name": "Seta (πŸ„)", "to_node_name": "SauronπŸ—ΌπŸŒž (SAU)", "snr": 4.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 54216.10088722707, "from_location_timestamp": 1750231979.0521843, "to_location_timestamp": 1750620332.8429914, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.5d ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.4h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 108432.20177445414, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a0352784", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 689380565, "to": 2687838084, "id": 2765908441, "rx_time": 1750621650, "rx_snr": 5.0, "rx_rssi": -79, "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 0, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 213, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a08842735a0d51c172912020011", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 2687838084, 689380565 ], "snr_towards": [ 0, 17 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (14 bytes)
0a08842735a0d51c172912020011
Hex Analysis:
Size:14 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
Seta (πŸ„) Primary 0.000s
Reference
-79.0 dBm 5.00 dB 0 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 Current
Wake Up, Neo...πŸ“‘ (NEO) -0.010s
Before
-96.0 dBm -3.50 dB 0 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 View
Mec Rocket Meco (MRM) +0.142s
After
-119.0 dBm -10.00 dB 0 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 View
GRN1-BaseπŸ“‘πŸŒ (GRN1) +0.310s
After
-115.0 dBm -6.00 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 View
pipeline (pipe) +0.466s
After
-115.0 dBm -4.00 dB 0 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 View
testπŸ—ΌπŸŒπŸŒž (test) +0.501s
After
-106.0 dBm 0.50 dB 0 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:32 View
pipeline 2 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¦ (pip2) +3.320s
After
-54.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:35 View
@lazynoda πŸ‘πŸ—ΌπŸŒ (LZNH) +4.189s
After
-127.0 dBm -16.50 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:36 View
SkG@Home πŸ—ΌπŸŒ (SkGH) +4.195s
After
-103.0 dBm 3.75 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:36 View
Hugo πŸ“±πŸŒ‘οΈ (HUGO) +4.311s
After
-94.0 dBm -12.00 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:36 View
Vito πŸ“ŸπŸ“‘ (VTO) +4.464s
After
-120.0 dBm -16.25 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:36 View
HeRtH_Fk_01 (HeH1) +4.596s
After
-126.0 dBm -17.50 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:36 View
Aldinra_1640_πŸ—ΌπŸŒ (AldB) +4.725s
After
-124.0 dBm -19.00 dB 1 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:37 View
Vich πŸ“ŸπŸŒ (VCH) +5.092s
After
Unknown Unknown 2 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:37 View
LgnX_1490 (LgnX) +7.480s
After
-125.0 dBm -17.00 dB 2 LongFast 2025-06-22 19:47:39 View
15

Total Receptions

15

Unique Gateways