Packet #18361837 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from v3 Test node (bmbb) to mandrake-base (27b4)

3
Total Receptions
3
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
65
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 18361837
Mesh Packet ID: 0xffa81cbd
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-06-09 16:34:44 UTC
From Node: v3 Test node (bmbb)
To Node: mandrake-base (27b4)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Medved GW8 (MED8)
Channel: MediumFast
RSSI: -104 dBm
SNR: 2.5 dBm
Hop Info: 2/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 1
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 65 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)
Hop Count: 0 hops
Status: Forward incomplete, Return in progress
SNR Towards: -10.0 dB -14.0 dB
Return Path: Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) → Transceiver Windsong (GraY) → Medved GW8 (MED8)
SNR Back: -12.5 dB -6.5 dB 2.5 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 mandrake-base (27b4) Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) Unknown -10.0 dB Origin Hops
2 Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) v3 Test node (bmbb) Unknown -14.0 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Return Path Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 v3 Test node (bmbb) Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) Unknown -12.5 dB Return Start Hops
2 Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) Transceiver Windsong (GraY) Unknown -6.5 dB Return Relay Hops
3 Transceiver Windsong (GraY) Medved GW8 (MED8) Unknown 2.5 dB Return End Hops
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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:65 bytes
Gateway:!fa68e0c0
Channel:MediumFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:2 / 3
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)
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MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !fa68e0c0
Node ID format
channel_id MediumFast
packet MeshPacket (65 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 70965676
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2410096564
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 65 bytes size
hop_limit 1
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 3
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 2
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -104.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr 2.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1781012083
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 79
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1781012084.217743
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: !fa68e0c0
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -104.0 dBm
SNR: 2.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:65 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 1079359000 ], "snr_towards": [ -10.0, -14.0 ], "route_back": [ 1079359000, 1744985167, 4201177280 ], "snr_back": [ -12.5, -6.5, 2.5 ], "route_node_names": { "4201177280": "Medved GW8 (MED8)", "70965676": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "1744985167": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "2410096564": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "1079359000": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 18361837, "timestamp": 1781012084.217743, "from_node_id": 70965676, "to_node_id": 2410096564, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!fa68e0c0", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "mesh_packet_id": 4289207485, "rssi": -104, "snr": 2.5, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "payload_length": 65, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a0418b655401214d8ffffffffffffffff01c8ffffffffffffffff011a0c18b655404f5c0268c0e068fa2215ceffffffffffffffff01e6ffffffffffffffff010a", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1781012083, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 79, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2026-06-09 16:34:44", "hop_count": 2, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "to_node_name": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "gateway_name": "Medved GW8 (MED8)", "gateway_location": null }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 18361837, "from_node_id": 70965676, "to_node_id": 2410096564, "timestamp": 1781012084.217743, "gateway_id": "!fa68e0c0", "raw_payload": "0a0418b655401214d8ffffffffffffffff01c8ffffffffffffffff011a0c18b655404f5c0268c0e068fa2215ceffffffffffffffff01e6ffffffffffffffff010a", "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "from_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "to_node_name": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 1079359000 ], "snr_towards": [ -10.0, -14.0 ], "route_back": [ 1079359000, 1744985167, 4201177280 ], "snr_back": [ -12.5, -6.5, 2.5 ] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward_with_return", "node_ids": [ 2410096564, 1079359000, 70965676 ], "node_names": [ "mandrake-base (27b4)", "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "v3 Test node (bmbb)" ], "snr_values": [ -10.0, -14.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2410096564, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -10.0, "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": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 70965676, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "snr": -14.0, "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": { "path_type": "return", "node_ids": [ 70965676, 1079359000, 1744985167, 4201177280 ], "node_names": [ "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "Medved GW8 (MED8)" ], "snr_values": [ -12.5, -6.5, 2.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 70965676, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -12.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 1744985167, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "snr": -6.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 1744985167, "to_node_id": 4201177280, "from_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "to_node_name": "Medved GW8 (MED8)", "snr": 2.5, "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": [ 2410096564, 1079359000, 70965676, 1744985167, 4201177280 ], "node_names": [ "mandrake-base (27b4)", "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "Medved GW8 (MED8)" ], "snr_values": [ -10.0, -14.0, -12.5, -6.5, 2.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2410096564, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -10.0, "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": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 70965676, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "snr": -14.0, "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": 70965676, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -12.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 4, "from_node_id": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 1744985167, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "snr": -6.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 5, "from_node_id": 1744985167, "to_node_id": 4201177280, "from_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "to_node_name": "Medved GW8 (MED8)", "snr": 2.5, "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": 5 } }, "has_return_path": true, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "mandrake-base (27b4) → Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) → v3 Test node (bmbb)", "return_path_display": "v3 Test node (bmbb) → Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) → Transceiver Windsong (GraY) → Medved GW8 (MED8)", "actual_rf_path_display": "mandrake-base (27b4) → Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP) → v3 Test node (bmbb) → Transceiver Windsong (GraY) → Medved GW8 (MED8)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2410096564, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "mandrake-base (27b4)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -10.0, "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": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 70965676, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "snr": -14.0, "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": 70965676, "to_node_id": 1079359000, "from_node_name": "v3 Test node (bmbb)", "to_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "snr": -12.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1079359000, "to_node_id": 1744985167, "from_node_name": "Mar-a-Lago villa (TRMP)", "to_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "snr": -6.5, "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" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 1744985167, "to_node_id": 4201177280, "from_node_name": "Transceiver Windsong (GraY)", "to_node_name": "Medved GW8 (MED8)", "snr": 2.5, "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": "!fa68e0c0", "channel_id": "MediumFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 70965676, "to": 2410096564, "id": 4289207485, "rx_time": 1781012083, "rx_snr": 2.5, "rx_rssi": -104, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 79, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a0418b655401214d8ffffffffffffffff01c8ffffffffffffffff011a0c18b655404f5c0268c0e068fa2215ceffffffffffffffff01e6ffffffffffffffff010a", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 1079359000 ], "snr_towards": [ -40, -56 ], "route_back": [ 1079359000, 1744985167, 4201177280 ], "snr_back": [ -50, -26, 10 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (65 bytes)
0a0418b655401214d8ffffffffffffffff01c8ffffffffffffffff011a0c18b655404f5c0268c0e068fa2215ceffffffffffffffff01e6ffffffffffffffff010a
Hex Analysis:
Size:65 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
Medved GW8 (MED8) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-104.0 dBm 2.50 dB 2 MediumFast 2026-06-09 16:34:44 Current
Tsaritsyno_KB_V_868 (KBV8) +0.021s
After 		-111.0 dBm -11.75 dB 3 MediumFast 2026-06-09 16:34:44 View
Zoͦmͫвⷡiͥeͤ [GW8] (🧟) +2.895s
After 		-100.0 dBm -11.50 dB 3 MediumFast 2026-06-09 16:34:47 View
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Total Receptions

3

Unique Gateways