Packet #12543019 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from meshtastic416 (h416) to Meshtastic 3217 (3217)

11
Total Receptions
11
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
37
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 12543019
Mesh Packet ID: 0x286d1e31
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-17 17:44:33 UTC
From Node: meshtastic416 (h416)
To Node: Meshtastic 3217 (3217)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -62 dBm
SNR: 6.5 dBm
Hop Info: 2/5 hops
Start: 5, Limit: 3
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 37 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: UnoHub8 (UHUB) → Meshtastic aa50 (aa50) → SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)
Hop Count: 2 hops
Status: Incomplete - Final destination not reached
SNR Towards: -15.0 dB -9.25 dB 6.5 dB
Route Visualization

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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 meshtastic416 (h416) UnoHub8 (UHUB) Unknown -15.0 dB Origin Hops
2 UnoHub8 (UHUB) Meshtastic aa50 (aa50) Unknown -9.25 dB Relay Hops
3 Meshtastic aa50 (aa50) SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8) 9.80 km 6.5 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Total Forward Distance
9.80 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:37 bytes
Gateway:!efffff03
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:2 / 5
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 !efffff03
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (37 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 70426200
Source node ID 		uint32
to 4028379671
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 37 bytes size
hop_limit 3
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 5
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 2
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -62.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr 6.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1773758672
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 80
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1773758673.0005784
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: !efffff03
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -62.0 dBm
SNR: 6.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:37 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 562969416, 1770367568, 4026531587 ], "snr_towards": [ -15.0, -9.25, 6.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "4026531587": "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "562969416": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "1770367568": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "4028379671": "Meshtastic 3217 (3217)", "70426200": "meshtastic416 (h416)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 12543019, "timestamp": 1773758673.0005784, "from_node_id": 70426200, "to_node_id": 4028379671, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!efffff03", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 678239793, "rssi": -62, "snr": 6.5, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 5, "payload_length": 37, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a0c483b8e2150aa856903ffffef1215c4ffffffffffffffff01dbffffffffffffffff011a", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1773758672, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 80, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2026-03-17 17:44:33", "hop_count": 2, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "meshtastic416 (h416)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic 3217 (3217)", "gateway_name": "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 4026531587, "latitude": 55.78193, "longitude": 37.48612, "altitude": 18, "timestamp": 1773758431.938378, "timestamp_str": "2026-03-17 17:40:31", "display_name": "SYSXX OGW8", "long_name": "SYSXX OGW8", "short_name": "SXG8", "hw_model": "TLORA_T3_S3" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 12543019, "from_node_id": 70426200, "to_node_id": 4028379671, "timestamp": 1773758673.0005784, "gateway_id": "!efffff03", "raw_payload": "0a0c483b8e2150aa856903ffffef1215c4ffffffffffffffff01dbffffffffffffffff011a", "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 5, "from_node_name": "meshtastic416 (h416)", "to_node_name": "!f01c3217", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 562969416, 1770367568, 4026531587 ], "snr_towards": [ -15.0, -9.25, 6.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 70426200, 562969416, 1770367568, 4026531587 ], "node_names": [ "meshtastic416 (h416)", "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)" ], "snr_values": [ -15.0, -9.25, 6.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 70426200, "to_node_id": 562969416, "from_node_name": "meshtastic416 (h416)", "to_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "snr": -15.0, "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": 562969416, "to_node_id": 1770367568, "from_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "snr": -9.25, "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": 3, "from_node_id": 1770367568, "to_node_id": 4026531587, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "to_node_name": "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "snr": 6.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 9796.80775009825, "from_location_timestamp": 1773695771.720456, "to_location_timestamp": 1773758431.938378, "from_location_age_warning": "from 17.5h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.1h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 3 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 70426200, 562969416, 1770367568, 4026531587 ], "node_names": [ "meshtastic416 (h416)", "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)" ], "snr_values": [ -15.0, -9.25, 6.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 70426200, "to_node_id": 562969416, "from_node_name": "meshtastic416 (h416)", "to_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "snr": -15.0, "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": 562969416, "to_node_id": 1770367568, "from_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "snr": -9.25, "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": 1770367568, "to_node_id": 4026531587, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "to_node_name": "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "snr": 6.5, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 9796.80775009825, "from_location_timestamp": 1773695771.720456, "to_location_timestamp": 1773758431.938378, "from_location_age_warning": "from 17.5h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.1h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 3 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "meshtastic416 (h416) → UnoHub8 (UHUB) → Meshtastic aa50 (aa50) → SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "meshtastic416 (h416) → UnoHub8 (UHUB) → Meshtastic aa50 (aa50) → SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 70426200, "to_node_id": 562969416, "from_node_name": "meshtastic416 (h416)", "to_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "snr": -15.0, "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": 562969416, "to_node_id": 1770367568, "from_node_name": "UnoHub8 (UHUB)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "snr": -9.25, "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": 3, "from_node_id": 1770367568, "to_node_id": 4026531587, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic aa50 (aa50)", "to_node_name": "SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8)", "snr": 6.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 9796.80775009825, "from_location_timestamp": 1773695771.720456, "to_location_timestamp": 1773758431.938378, "from_location_age_warning": "from 17.5h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.1h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 9796.80775009825, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!efffff03", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 70426200, "to": 4028379671, "id": 678239793, "rx_time": 1773758672, "rx_snr": 6.5, "rx_rssi": -62, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 5, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 80, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a0c483b8e2150aa856903ffffef1215c4ffffffffffffffff01dbffffffffffffffff011a", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 562969416, 1770367568, 4026531587 ], "snr_towards": [ -60, -37, 26 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (37 bytes)
0a0c483b8e2150aa856903ffffef1215c4ffffffffffffffff01dbffffffffffffffff011a
Hex Analysis:
Size:37 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
SYSXX OGW8 (SXG8) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-62.0 dBm 6.50 dB 2 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:33 Current
SYSXX YGW8 (SXY8) +0.849s
After 		-103.0 dBm -9.00 dB 3 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:33 View
SYSXX BGW8 (SXB8) +0.875s
After 		-123.0 dBm -13.25 dB 3 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:33 View
Aster-02 (AST2) +2.310s
After 		-89.0 dBm -5.25 dB 4 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:35 View
RN3ABX Georgy 2 (ABX2) +6.600s
After 		-108.0 dBm -2.75 dB 4 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:39 View
Keyhost GW8 (KHS8) +7.123s
After 		-121.0 dBm -16.00 dB 3 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:40 View
Korolyok h0use (K8k*) +9.977s
After 		-128.0 dBm -18.50 dB 4 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:42 View
EGarpunov 2 868 (Base) (BAO) (EG28) +10.980s
After 		-123.0 dBm -18.50 dB 5 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:43 View
Fostral (FSTR) +10.995s
After 		-84.0 dBm -19.25 dB 5 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:43 View
BBS Восток (DM📲) (BBSv) +11.043s
After 		-99.0 dBm -7.75 dB 5 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:44 View
pyri8 (pyri) +23.959s
After 		-109.0 dBm -10.25 dB 5 LongFast 2026-03-17 17:44:56 View
11

Total Receptions

11

Unique Gateways