Packet #555831 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) to test🗼🌐🌞 (test)

12
Total Receptions
6
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
42
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 555831
Mesh Packet ID: 0x74b9f1c0
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-06-11 17:48:57 UTC
From Node: Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)
To Node: test🗼🌐🌞 (test)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱 (M5)
Channel: Iberia
RSSI: -99 dBm
SNR: 3.75 dBm
Hop Info: 0/4 hops
Start: 4, Limit: 4
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 42 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: !ffffffff → !ffffffff
Hop Count: 1 hops
Status: Complete
SNR Towards: -32.0 dB -32.0 dB -5.5 dB
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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) !ffffffff Unknown -32.0 dB Origin Hops
2 !ffffffff !ffffffff Unknown -32.0 dB Destination Hops
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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:42 bytes
Gateway:!849a5c40
Channel:Iberia
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 4
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 !849a5c40
Node ID format
channel_id Iberia
packet MeshPacket (42 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 3052529474
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2956716640
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 42 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 -99.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr 3.75 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1749652997
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 66
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1749664137.3548083
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: Iberia
  • ✓ 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: !849a5c40
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -99.0 dBm
SNR: 3.75 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:42 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 4294967295, 4294967295 ], "snr_towards": [ -32.0, -32.0, -5.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "2956716640": "test🗼🌐🌞 (test)", "3052529474": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "4294967295": "!ffffffff" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 555831, "timestamp": 1749664137.3548083, "from_node_id": 3052529474, "to_node_id": 2956716640, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!849a5c40", "channel_id": "Iberia", "mesh_packet_id": 1958343104, "rssi": -99, "snr": 3.75, "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "payload_length": 42, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a08ffffffffffffffff121e80ffffffffffffffff0180ffffffffffffffff01eaffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1749652997, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 66, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-06-11 17:48:57", "hop_count": 0, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "test🗼🌐🌞 (test)", "gateway_name": "Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱 (M5)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 2224708672, "latitude": 40.8158208, "longitude": -3.5913728, "altitude": 817, "timestamp": 1751747710.205888, "timestamp_str": "2025-07-05 20:35:10", "display_name": "Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱", "long_name": "Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱", "short_name": "M5", "hw_model": "HELTEC_WIRELESS_PAPER" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 555831, "from_node_id": 3052529474, "to_node_id": 2956716640, "timestamp": 1749664137.3548083, "gateway_id": "!849a5c40", "raw_payload": "0a08ffffffffffffffff121e80ffffffffffffffff0180ffffffffffffffff01eaffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "test🗼🌐🌞 (test)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 4294967295, 4294967295 ], "snr_towards": [ -32.0, -32.0, -5.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 3052529474, 4294967295, 4294967295 ], "node_names": [ "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "!ffffffff", "!ffffffff" ], "snr_values": [ -32.0, -32.0, -5.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3052529474, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 4294967295, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "!ffffffff", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 2956716640, 4294967295, 3052529474 ], "node_names": [ "test🗼🌐🌞 (test)", "!ffffffff", "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)" ], "snr_values": [ -32.0, -32.0, -5.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2956716640, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "test🗼🌐🌞 (test)", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 4294967295, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "!ffffffff", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 4294967295, "to_node_id": 3052529474, "from_node_name": "!ffffffff", "to_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "snr": -5.5, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" } ], "is_complete": true, "total_hops": 3 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": true, "forward_path_display": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG) → !ffffffff → !ffffffff", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "test🗼🌐🌞 (test) → !ffffffff → Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3052529474, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "Rigel🗼🌞 (RIG)", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 4294967295, "to_node_id": 4294967295, "from_node_name": "!ffffffff", "to_node_name": "!ffffffff", "snr": -32.0, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": null, "from_location_timestamp": null, "to_location_timestamp": null, "from_location_age_warning": "No location data available", "to_location_age_warning": "No location data available" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 0, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!849a5c40", "channel_id": "Iberia", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 3052529474, "to": 2956716640, "id": 1958343104, "rx_time": 1749652997, "rx_snr": 3.75, "rx_rssi": -99, "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 66, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a08ffffffffffffffff121e80ffffffffffffffff0180ffffffffffffffff01eaffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 4294967295, 4294967295 ], "snr_towards": [ -128, -128, -22 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (42 bytes)
0a08ffffffffffffffff121e80ffffffffffffffff0180ffffffffffffffff01eaffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:42 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
Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱 (M5) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-99.0 dBm 3.75 dB 0 Iberia 2025-06-11 17:48:57 Current
Venturada base🗼🌐 (Vb) -11130.631s
Before 		-111.0 dBm -2.50 dB 0 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:26 View
Venturada base🗼🌐 (Vb) -11130.583s
Before 		-111.0 dBm -2.50 dB 0 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:26 View
test🗼🌐🌞 (test) -11130.454s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 1 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:26 View
test🗼🌐🌞 (test) -11129.407s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 1 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:27 View
Adri 📶 (adri) -11126.838s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -12.75 dB 2 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:30 View
GRN1-Base📡🌐 (GRN1) -11124.637s
Before 		-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 3 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:32 View
Adri 📶 (adri) -11124.216s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -12.75 dB 2 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:33 View
GRN1-Base📡🌐 (GRN1) -11123.213s
Before 		-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 3 Iberia 2025-06-11 14:43:34 View
Meshtastic 5c40🌐📱 (M5) -0.053s
Before 		-99.0 dBm 3.75 dB 0 Iberia 2025-06-11 17:48:57 View
Blac Base 📡🌐 (BLC1) +6387.220s
After 		-109.0 dBm 1.50 dB 2 Iberia 2025-06-11 19:35:24 View
Blac Base 📡🌐 (BLC1) +6387.273s
After 		-109.0 dBm 1.50 dB 2 Iberia 2025-06-11 19:35:24 View
12

Total Receptions

6

Unique Gateways