Packet #2823887 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27) to Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)

10
Total Receptions
10
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
21
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 2823887
Mesh Packet ID: 0xa8a994f5
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-07-04 20:45:16 UTC
From Node: KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)
To Node: Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Mec Rocket Meco (MRM)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -122 dBm
SNR: -17.25 dBm
Hop Info: 2/2 hops
Start: 2, Limit: 0
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 21 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
SNR Towards: 5.25 dB
Return Path: Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)
SNR Back: -11.5 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27) 47.64 km 5.25 dB Origin Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Return Path Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27) Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) 50.20 km -11.5 dB Return Start Hops
Total Forward Distance
47.64 km
Total Return Distance
50.20 km
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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:21 bytes
Gateway:!a0ca8798
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:2 / 2
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Acknowledgment requested
+ 2 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
+ 2 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a0ca8798
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (21 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1262059047
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2687837872
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 21 bytes size
hop_limit Not set uint32
hop_start 2
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 2
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -122.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -17.25 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1751661915
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 176
Next hop node ID 		uint32
relay_node 45
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1751661916.6082776
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
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Default channel - no encryption
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ Multi-hop path visible (2 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Want ack: True
Gateway ID: !a0ca8798
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -122.0 dBm
SNR: -17.25 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:21 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ 5.25 ], "route_back": [ 3052529474 ], "snr_back": [ -11.5 ], "route_node_names": { "2687837872": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "3052529474": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "1262059047": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 2823887, "timestamp": 1751661916.6082776, "from_node_id": 1262059047, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!a0ca8798", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 2829686005, "rssi": -122, "snr": -17.25, "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "payload_length": 21, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "1201151a0442e7f1b5220ad2ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1751661915, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 176, "relay_node": 45, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-07-04 20:45:16", "hop_count": 2, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "gateway_name": "Mec Rocket Meco (MRM)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2697627544, "latitude": 40.5471232, "longitude": -3.3357824, "altitude": 658, "timestamp": 1752841382.4285314, "timestamp_str": "2025-07-18 12:23:02", "display_name": "Mec Rocket Meco", "long_name": "Mec Rocket Meco", "short_name": "MRM", "hw_model": "HELTEC_V3" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 2823887, "from_node_id": 1262059047, "to_node_id": 2687837872, "timestamp": 1751661916.6082776, "gateway_id": "!a0ca8798", "raw_payload": "1201151a0442e7f1b5220ad2ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "from_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "to_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ 5.25 ], "route_back": [ 3052529474 ], "snr_back": [ -11.5 ] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward_with_return", "node_ids": [ 2687837872, 1262059047 ], "node_names": [ "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)" ], "snr_values": [ 5.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 1262059047, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "snr": 5.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 47636.17533347202, "from_location_timestamp": 1751661250.5366914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "return_path": { "path_type": "return", "node_ids": [ 1262059047, 3052529474 ], "node_names": [ "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)" ], "snr_values": [ -11.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1262059047, "to_node_id": 3052529474, "from_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 50196.65504717383, "from_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "to_location_timestamp": 1751656366.2224631, "from_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.5h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "combined_rf", "node_ids": [ 2687837872, 1262059047, 3052529474 ], "node_names": [ "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)" ], "snr_values": [ 5.25, -11.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 1262059047, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "snr": 5.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 47636.17533347202, "from_location_timestamp": 1751661250.5366914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1262059047, "to_node_id": 3052529474, "from_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "return_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 50196.65504717383, "from_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "to_location_timestamp": 1751656366.2224631, "from_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.5h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": true, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "return_path_display": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27) → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "actual_rf_path_display": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) → KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27) → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2687837872, "to_node_id": 1262059047, "from_node_name": "Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2)", "to_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "snr": 5.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 47636.17533347202, "from_location_timestamp": 1751661250.5366914, "to_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago" } ], "return_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1262059047, "to_node_id": 3052529474, "from_node_name": "KutreTec 7e27 (Ke27)", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 50196.65504717383, "from_location_timestamp": 1750191944.3682084, "to_location_timestamp": 1751656366.2224631, "from_location_age_warning": "from 2.4w ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.5h ago" } ], "total_forward_distance": 47636.17533347202, "total_return_distance": 50196.65504717383 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a0ca8798", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1262059047, "to": 2687837872, "id": 2829686005, "rx_time": 1751661915, "rx_snr": -17.25, "rx_rssi": -122, "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 176, "relay_node": 45, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "1201151a0442e7f1b5220ad2ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "snr_towards": [ 21 ], "route_back": [ 3052529474 ], "snr_back": [ -46 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (21 bytes)
1201151a0442e7f1b5220ad2ffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:21 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
Mec Rocket Meco (MRM) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-122.0 dBm -17.25 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:16 Current
Venturada2🗼🌐☀️ (Vb2) -26.722s
Before 		-99.0 dBm -11.75 dB 0 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:44:49 View
GRN1-Base📡🌐 (GRN1) -11.428s
Before 		-119.0 dBm -9.25 dB 1 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:05 View
Venturada base🗼🌐 (Vb) -11.423s
Before 		-97.0 dBm 3.00 dB 1 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:05 View
Wake Up, Neo...📡 (NEO) -10.659s
Before 		-93.0 dBm -2.75 dB 1 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:05 View
Quixote_BBS_5🗼🌐 (QXT5) -0.027s
Before 		-104.0 dBm 1.75 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:16 View
Hugo 📱🌡️ (HUGO) +2.471s
After 		-93.0 dBm -18.00 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:19 View
Meshtastic c498📡🌐 (C498) +3.846s
After 		-125.0 dBm -18.50 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:20 View
SkG@Home 🗼🌐 (SkGH) +3.862s
After 		-118.0 dBm -14.25 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:45:20 View
HeRtH_Fk_01 (HeH1) +751.895s
After 		-123.0 dBm -14.50 dB 2 LongFast 2025-07-04 20:57:48 View
10

Total Receptions

10

Unique Gateways