Packet #28237429 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2) to Ciudad Real1 (CR1)

17
Total Receptions
17
Unique Gateways
3
Hop Count
46
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 28237429
Mesh Packet ID: 0x7d7d05bf
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-12-17 09:13:23 UTC
From Node: X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)
To Node: Ciudad Real1 (CR1)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Quixote_JS8_5🗼🌐 (QXT5)
Channel: MediumFast
RSSI: -113 dBm
SNR: -8.0 dBm
Hop Info: 3/5 hops
Start: 5, Limit: 2
Relay Node: None
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 46 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Toledo1 (TO1) → malla v2🗼 (m2) → Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)
Hop Count: 2 hops
Status: Incomplete - Final destination not reached
SNR Towards: -4.0 dB -6.0 dB -12.0 dB
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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2) Toledo1 (TO1) 88.36 km -4.0 dB Origin Hops
2 Toledo1 (TO1) malla v2🗼 (m2) 99.51 km -6.0 dB Relay Hops
3 malla v2🗼 (m2) Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1) 87.90 km -12.0 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Total Forward Distance
275.77 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:46 bytes
Gateway:!e2e5a934
Channel:MediumFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:3 / 5
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Acknowledgment requested
+ 3 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
⚠ Multi-hop path visible (3 hops)
+ 1 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !e2e5a934
Node ID format
channel_id MediumFast
packet MeshPacket (46 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 288078701
Source node ID 		uint32
to 892200874
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 46 bytes size
hop_limit 2
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 5
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 3
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -113.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -8.00 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1765962802
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 Not set uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1765962803.3380108
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: MediumFast
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ Multi-hop path visible (3 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Want ack: True
Gateway ID: !e2e5a934
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -113.0 dBm
SNR: -8.00 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:46 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 3703763553, 3601549976, 1439096888 ], "snr_towards": [ -4.0, -6.0, -12.0 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "3703763553": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "892200874": "Ciudad Real1 (CR1)", "288078701": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "3601549976": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "1439096888": "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 28237429, "timestamp": 1765962803.3380108, "from_node_id": 288078701, "to_node_id": 892200874, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!e2e5a934", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "mesh_packet_id": 2105345471, "rssi": -113, "snr": -8.0, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 5, "payload_length": 46, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a0c61f2c2dc984aabd638e0c655121ef0ffffffffffffffff01e8ffffffffffffffff01d0ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1765962802, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 0, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-12-17 09:13:23 UTC", "hop_count": 3, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "to_node_name": "Ciudad Real1 (CR1)", "relay_hex": null, "relay_candidates": [], "gateway_name": "Quixote_JS8_5🗼🌐 (QXT5)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 3806701876, "latitude": 39.8721024, "longitude": -3.9583744, "altitude": 525, "timestamp": 1766100593.5853941, "timestamp_str": "2025-12-18 23:29:53", "display_name": "Quixote_JS8_5🗼🌐", "long_name": "Quixote_JS8_5🗼🌐", "short_name": "QXT5", "hw_model": "LILYGO_TBEAM_S3_CORE" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 28237429, "from_node_id": 288078701, "to_node_id": 892200874, "timestamp": 1765962803.3380108, "gateway_id": "!e2e5a934", "raw_payload": "0a0c61f2c2dc984aabd638e0c655121ef0ffffffffffffffff01e8ffffffffffffffff01d0ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 5, "from_node_name": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "to_node_name": "!352de7aa", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 3703763553, 3601549976, 1439096888 ], "snr_towards": [ -4.0, -6.0, -12.0 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 288078701, 3703763553, 3601549976, 1439096888 ], "node_names": [ "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "Toledo1 (TO1)", "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)" ], "snr_values": [ -4.0, -6.0, -12.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 288078701, "to_node_id": 3703763553, "from_node_name": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "to_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "snr": -4.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 88361.48780774586, "from_location_timestamp": 1765950404.7281456, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 3703763553, "to_node_id": 3601549976, "from_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "to_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "snr": -6.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 99506.6371648298, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 3601549976, "to_node_id": 1439096888, "from_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "to_node_name": "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 87899.35484107096, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957697.5949614, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 3 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 288078701, 3703763553, 3601549976, 1439096888 ], "node_names": [ "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "Toledo1 (TO1)", "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)" ], "snr_values": [ -4.0, -6.0, -12.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 288078701, "to_node_id": 3703763553, "from_node_name": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "to_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "snr": -4.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 88361.48780774586, "from_location_timestamp": 1765950404.7281456, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 3703763553, "to_node_id": 3601549976, "from_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "to_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "snr": -6.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 99506.6371648298, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 3601549976, "to_node_id": 1439096888, "from_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "to_node_name": "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 87899.35484107096, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957697.5949614, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 3 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2) → Toledo1 (TO1) → malla v2🗼 (m2) → Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2) → Toledo1 (TO1) → malla v2🗼 (m2) → Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 288078701, "to_node_id": 3703763553, "from_node_name": "X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2)", "to_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "snr": -4.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 88361.48780774586, "from_location_timestamp": 1765950404.7281456, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "from_location_age_warning": "from 3.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 3703763553, "to_node_id": 3601549976, "from_node_name": "Toledo1 (TO1)", "to_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "snr": -6.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 99506.6371648298, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957740.9713552, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 3601549976, "to_node_id": 1439096888, "from_node_name": "malla v2🗼 (m2)", "to_node_name": "Quixote_Yagi_1🗼🌐 (QXT1)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 87899.35484107096, "from_location_timestamp": 1765957040.2608995, "to_location_timestamp": 1765957697.5949614, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.6h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.4h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 275767.47981364664, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!e2e5a934", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 288078701, "to": 892200874, "id": 2105345471, "rx_time": 1765962802, "rx_snr": -8.0, "rx_rssi": -113, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 5, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 0, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a0c61f2c2dc984aabd638e0c655121ef0ffffffffffffffff01e8ffffffffffffffff01d0ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 3703763553, 3601549976, 1439096888 ], "snr_towards": [ -16, -24, -48 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (46 bytes)
0a0c61f2c2dc984aabd638e0c655121ef0ffffffffffffffff01e8ffffffffffffffff01d0ffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:46 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 Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
Quixote_JS8_5🗼🌐 (QXT5) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-113.0 dBm -8.00 dB 3 - MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:23 UTC Current
X Wing 🚀 Kenobi (Knb2) -2.256s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 6d Knb2 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:21 UTC View
ETH Maverick (ET01) -2.042s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -7.50 dB 0 6d Knb2 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:21 UTC View
Meshtastic 26b0 (26b0) -1.859s
Before 		-88.0 dBm 7.50 dB 1 61 TO1 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:21 UTC View
Fenix (FENX) -1.587s
Before 		-115.0 dBm -11.25 dB 1 61 TO1 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:21 UTC View
Eagle’s Nest (EAGL) -1.104s
Before 		-111.0 dBm -1.75 dB 2 74 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
Ocumare Norte🗼🌐 (RRN) -1.067s
Before 		-108.0 dBm -14.25 dB 2 b0 Vbm , 26b0 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
Villarejo01 (VIL1) -0.832s
Before 		-35.0 dBm 11.00 dB 2 c6 d5c6 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
GRN1-Base🗼🌐 🔋 (GRN1) -0.764s
Before 		-99.0 dBm -4.00 dB 2 b0 Vbm , 26b0 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
PXT_Home (PXT1) -0.515s
Before 		-116.0 dBm -8.50 dB 3 11 BAS1 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
Zion 🗼 (Zion) -0.493s
Before 		-107.0 dBm -13.50 dB 3 11 BAS1 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:22 UTC View
Karabanchel_Baldur (KarB) -0.006s
Before 		-100.0 dBm -8.50 dB 3 90 C181 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:23 UTC View
Quixote_JS8_7 (QXT7) -0.002s
Before 		-18.0 dBm 11.00 dB 3 - MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:23 UTC View
tizon (Sylv) +0.765s
After 		-120.0 dBm -11.00 dB 3 5d 🥖 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:24 UTC View
Quass001 ☄️ (Q001) +1.203s
After 		-49.0 dBm 11.75 dB 3 3a Q005 MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:24 UTC View
Mec Rocket Meco (MRM) +2.310s
After 		-108.0 dBm -7.25 dB 5 a8 CALB MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:25 UTC View
🤖 Nicolas Cage 🌐 (Cage) +2.987s
After 		-92.0 dBm 9.50 dB 5 6c f56c MediumFast 2025-12-17 09:13:26 UTC View
17

Total Receptions

17

Unique Gateways