Packet #2450067 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1) to drp mobile (drpm)

10
Total Receptions
10
Unique Gateways
1
Hop Count
30
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 2450067
Mesh Packet ID: 0x4182c98f
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-11-20 00:20:11 UTC
From Node: CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)
To Node: drp mobile (drpm)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: P0NY Express Solar Node (P0NY)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -105 dBm
SNR: -2.5 dBm
Hop Info: 1/2 hops
Start: 2, Limit: 1
Relay Node: fa dkTB
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet - Candidate source node(s) based on 0-hop direct receptions
Payload Data
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Size: 30 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
SNR Towards: -12.75 dB
Return Path: dkTowerBot (dkTB)
SNR Back: -14.0 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 drp mobile (drpm) CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1) Unknown -12.75 dB Origin Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Return Path Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1) dkTowerBot (dkTB) 8.38 km -14.0 dB Return Start Hops
Total Return Distance
8.38 km
Combined Traceroute Graph
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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:30 bytes
Gateway:!4429585b
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:1 / 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 !4429585b
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (30 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 3741700786
Source node ID 		uint32
to 3466492782
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 30 bytes size
hop_limit 1
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 2
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 1
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -105.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -2.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1763598105
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 250
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1763598011.974891
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 (1 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Want ack: True
Gateway ID: !4429585b
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -105.0 dBm
SNR: -2.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:30 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ -12.75 ], "route_back": [ 3722183162 ], "snr_back": [ -14.0 ], "route_node_names": { "3741700786": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "3722183162": "dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "3466492782": "drp mobile (drpm)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 2450067, "timestamp": 1763598011.974891, "from_node_id": 3741700786, "to_node_id": 3466492782, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!4429585b", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 1099090319, "rssi": -105, "snr": -2.5, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 2, "payload_length": 30, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "120acdffffffffffffffff011a04fa01dcdd220ac8ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1763598105, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 250, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-11-20 00:20:11 UTC", "hop_count": 1, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "to_node_name": "drp mobile (drpm)", "relay_hex": "fa", "relay_candidates": [ { "node_id": 3722183162, "node_name": "dkTowerBot", "hex_id": "!dddc01fa", "short_name": "dkTB", "last_byte": "fa" } ], "gateway_name": "P0NY Express Solar Node (P0NY)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 1143560283, "latitude": 40.6890469, "longitude": -73.9904708, "altitude": 62, "timestamp": 1764420152.0555408, "timestamp_str": "2025-11-29 07:42:32", "display_name": "P0NY Express Solar Node", "long_name": "P0NY Express Solar Node", "short_name": "P0NY", "hw_model": "RAK4631" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 2450067, "from_node_id": 3741700786, "to_node_id": 3466492782, "timestamp": 1763598011.974891, "gateway_id": "!4429585b", "raw_payload": "120acdffffffffffffffff011a04fa01dcdd220ac8ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 2, "from_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "to_node_name": "drp mobile (drpm)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [], "snr_towards": [ -12.75 ], "route_back": [ 3722183162 ], "snr_back": [ -14.0 ] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward_with_return", "node_ids": [ 3466492782, 3741700786 ], "node_names": [ "drp mobile (drpm)", "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)" ], "snr_values": [ -12.75 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3466492782, "to_node_id": 3741700786, "from_node_name": "drp mobile (drpm)", "to_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "snr": -12.75, "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": [ 3741700786, 3722183162 ], "node_names": [ "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "dkTowerBot (dkTB)" ], "snr_values": [ -14.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3741700786, "to_node_id": 3722183162, "from_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "to_node_name": "dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "snr": -14.0, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 8378.202999943249, "from_location_timestamp": 1763594339.994357, "to_location_timestamp": 1763595456.7333972, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "combined_rf", "node_ids": [ 3466492782, 3741700786, 3722183162 ], "node_names": [ "drp mobile (drpm)", "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "dkTowerBot (dkTB)" ], "snr_values": [ -12.75, -14.0 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3466492782, "to_node_id": 3741700786, "from_node_name": "drp mobile (drpm)", "to_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "snr": -12.75, "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": 3741700786, "to_node_id": 3722183162, "from_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "to_node_name": "dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "snr": -14.0, "direction": "return_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 8378.202999943249, "from_location_timestamp": 1763594339.994357, "to_location_timestamp": 1763595456.7333972, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": true, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "drp mobile (drpm) → CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "return_path_display": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1) → dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "actual_rf_path_display": "drp mobile (drpm) → CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1) → dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 3466492782, "to_node_id": 3741700786, "from_node_name": "drp mobile (drpm)", "to_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "snr": -12.75, "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": 3741700786, "to_node_id": 3722183162, "from_node_name": "CBZ1 Astoria Solar (CBZ1)", "to_node_name": "dkTowerBot (dkTB)", "snr": -14.0, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 8378.202999943249, "from_location_timestamp": 1763594339.994357, "to_location_timestamp": 1763595456.7333972, "from_location_age_warning": "from 1.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.7h ago" } ], "total_forward_distance": 0, "total_return_distance": 8378.202999943249 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!4429585b", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 3741700786, "to": 3466492782, "id": 1099090319, "rx_time": 1763598105, "rx_snr": -2.5, "rx_rssi": -105, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 2, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 250, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "120acdffffffffffffffff011a04fa01dcdd220ac8ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "snr_towards": [ -51 ], "route_back": [ 3722183162 ], "snr_back": [ -56 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (30 bytes)
120acdffffffffffffffff011a04fa01dcdd220ac8ffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:30 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 Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
P0NY Express Solar Node (P0NY) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-105.0 dBm -2.50 dB 1 fa dkTB LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:11 UTC Current
dkTowerBot (dkTB) -10.568s
Before 		-103.0 dBm -14.00 dB 0 b2 CBZ1 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:01 UTC View
DRP0 Astoria (DRP0) -10.547s
Before 		-96.0 dBm 2.75 dB 0 b2 😴 , CBZ1 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:01 UTC View
drp mobile (drpm) -10.183s
Before 		-102.0 dBm 3.75 dB 0 b2 CBZ1 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:01 UTC View
CBZ0 🚕 mobile (CBZ0) -10.125s
Before 		-56.0 dBm 6.25 dB 0 b2 CBZ1 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:01 UTC View
Steiner Studios Tower (SST) -0.409s
Before 		-120.0 dBm -13.50 dB 1 fa dkTB LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:11 UTC View
DRP1 Chelsea (DRP1) +1.391s
After 		-101.0 dBm 0.25 dB 2 95 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:13 UTC View
Claudiopolis-440c (440c) +5.417s
After 		-93.0 dBm -6.00 dB 2 28 b028 , 8b28 LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:17 UTC View
Gowanus Soda (p1p) +33.858s
After 		-111.0 dBm -5.25 dB 2 5b P0NY LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:45 UTC View
Meshtastic 631c (631c) +40.610s
After 		-108.0 dBm -16.50 dB 2 3d PDD0 , P1NY LongFast 2025-11-20 00:20:52 UTC View
10

Total Receptions

10

Unique Gateways