Packet #18180246

Database ID:	18180246
Mesh Packet ID:	`0xe9986582` Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp:	2026-06-05 19:50:58 UTC
From Node:	Rull_5bcc (5bcc)
To Node:	Raven_868 (rvn)
Success:	Processed
Protocol:	TRACEROUTE_APP Port: 70

Gateway:	Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)
Channel:	MediumFast
RSSI:	-96 dBm
SNR:	-1.5 dBm
Hop Info:	2/2 hops Start: 2, Limit: 0

SNR Towards:	0.0 dB
Return Path:	Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37) → slavalihobor (slvl) → Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)
SNR Back:	-12.0 dB -11.0 dB -1.5 dB

Hop	From Node	To Node	Distance	SNR (dB)	Direction	Analysis
1	Raven_868 (rvn)	Rull_5bcc (5bcc)	Unknown	0.0 dB	Origin	Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached

Hop	From Node	To Node	Distance	SNR (dB)	Direction	Analysis
1	Rull_5bcc (5bcc)	Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)	Unknown	-12.0 dB	Return Start	Hops
2	Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)	slavalihobor (slvl)	Unknown	-11.0 dB	Return Relay	Hops
3	slavalihobor (slvl)	Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)	Unknown	-1.5 dB	Return End	Hops

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:	49 bytes
Gateway:	!deadc0de
Channel:	MediumFast
Payload Type:	TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:	2 / 2

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 (2 hops)
+ 1 more...

MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

Field	Value
`gateway_id`	`!deadc0de` Node ID format
`channel_id`	`MediumFast`
`packet`	`MeshPacket` (49 bytes) Contains the actual mesh network packet

MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

Field	Value	Type
`from`	`1901617133` Source node ID	uint32
`to`	`1236704136` Target node ID	uint32
`decoded.portnum`	`70` TRACEROUTE_APP	enum
`decoded.payload_length`	`49` 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`	`-96.0` dBm Signal strength at gateway	int32
`rx_snr`	`-1.50` dB Signal quality at gateway	float
`rx_time`	`1780678257` 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`	`140` Relay node ID	uint32
`tx_after`	Not set	uint32
`timestamp`	`1780678258.2408776` 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 (2 hops)
⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)

MQTT-Specific Fields

Want ack:	`True`
Gateway ID:	`!deadc0de`
Signal Metrics:	RSSI: -96.0 dBm SNR: -1.50 dB

Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:

Protocol:	TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:	49 bytes
Decoded:	Yes

Complete Payload Data (JSON):

{ "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ 0.0 ], "route_back": [ 1333038135, 49170060, 3735929054 ], "snr_back": [ -12.0, -11.0, -1.5 ], "route_node_names": { "1236704136": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "49170060": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "1901617133": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "1333038135": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "3735929054": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 18180246, "timestamp": 1780678258.2408776, "from_node_id": 1901617133, "to_node_id": 1236704136, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!deadc0de", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "mesh_packet_id": 3919078786, "rssi": -96, "snr": -1.5, "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "payload_length": 49, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "1201001a0c378c744f8c46ee02dec0adde221ed0ffffffffffffffff01d4ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1780678257, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 140, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2026-06-05 19:50:58", "hop_count": 2, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "to_node_name": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "gateway_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 3735929054, "latitude": 55.852473, "longitude": 37.566093, "altitude": 200, "timestamp": 1781112543.0985236, "timestamp_str": "2026-06-10 20:29:03", "display_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8]", "long_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8]", "short_name": "🧟", "hw_model": "PRIVATE_HW" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 18180246, "from_node_id": 1901617133, "to_node_id": 1236704136, "timestamp": 1780678258.2408776, "gateway_id": "!deadc0de", "raw_payload": "1201001a0c378c744f8c46ee02dec0adde221ed0ffffffffffffffff01d4ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "from_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "to_node_name": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ 0.0 ], "route_back": [ 1333038135, 49170060, 3735929054 ], "snr_back": [ -12.0, -11.0, -1.5 ] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward_with_return", "node_ids": [ 1236704136, 1901617133 ], "node_names": [ "Raven_868 (rvn)", "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1236704136, "to_node_id": 1901617133, "from_node_name": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "to_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "snr": 0.0, "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": 1 }, "return_path": { "path_type": "return", "node_ids": [ 1901617133, 1333038135, 49170060, 3735929054 ], "node_names": [ "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "slavalihobor (slvl)", "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)" ], "snr_values": [ -12.0, -11.0, -1.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1901617133, "to_node_id": 1333038135, "from_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "return", "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": 1333038135, "to_node_id": 49170060, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "to_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "snr": -11.0, "direction": "return", "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": 49170060, "to_node_id": 3735929054, "from_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "to_node_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "snr": -1.5, "direction": "return", "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": 3 }, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "combined_rf", "node_ids": [ 1236704136, 1901617133, 1333038135, 49170060, 3735929054 ], "node_names": [ "Raven_868 (rvn)", "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "slavalihobor (slvl)", "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)" ], "snr_values": [ 0.0, -12.0, -11.0, -1.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1236704136, "to_node_id": 1901617133, "from_node_name": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "to_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "snr": 0.0, "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": 1901617133, "to_node_id": 1333038135, "from_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "return_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": 1333038135, "to_node_id": 49170060, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "to_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "snr": -11.0, "direction": "return_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": 4, "from_node_id": 49170060, "to_node_id": 3735929054, "from_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "to_node_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "snr": -1.5, "direction": "return_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": false, "total_hops": 4 } }, "has_return_path": true, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "Raven_868 (rvn) → Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "return_path_display": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc) → Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37) → slavalihobor (slvl) → Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "actual_rf_path_display": "Raven_868 (rvn) → Rull_5bcc (5bcc) → Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37) → slavalihobor (slvl) → Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1236704136, "to_node_id": 1901617133, "from_node_name": "Raven_868 (rvn)", "to_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "snr": 0.0, "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": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1901617133, "to_node_id": 1333038135, "from_node_name": "Rull_5bcc (5bcc)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "snr": -12.0, "direction": "return", "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": 1333038135, "to_node_id": 49170060, "from_node_name": "Meshtastic 8c37 (8c37)", "to_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "snr": -11.0, "direction": "return", "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": 49170060, "to_node_id": 3735929054, "from_node_name": "slavalihobor (slvl)", "to_node_name": "Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟)", "snr": -1.5, "direction": "return", "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" } ], "total_forward_distance": 0, "total_return_distance": 0 }

Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)

{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!deadc0de", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1901617133, "to": 1236704136, "id": 3919078786, "rx_time": 1780678257, "rx_snr": -1.5, "rx_rssi": -96, "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 2, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 140, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "1201001a0c378c744f8c46ee02dec0adde221ed0ffffffffffffffff01d4ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "snr_towards": [ 0 ], "route_back": [ 1333038135, 49170060, 3735929054 ], "snr_back": [ -48, -44, -6 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }

Raw Packet Data (49 bytes)

1201001a0c378c744f8c46ee02dec0adde221ed0ffffffffffffffff01d4ffffffffffffffff01faffffffffffffffff01

Hex Analysis:

Size:	49 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.

Packet #18180246 Success

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Decoded Data:

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