Packet #3374842 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from 25 Washington Ave (25WA) to Meshtastic fda8 (fda8)

21
Total Receptions
19
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
32
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 3374842
Mesh Packet ID: 0xf1d967a7
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-12-10 16:25:32 UTC
From Node: 25 Washington Ave (25WA)
To Node: Meshtastic fda8 (fda8)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: nLink-NY-Jamaica1 (NLJ1)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -93 dBm
SNR: 2.75 dBm
Hop Info: 2/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 1
Relay Node: d1 JLY6
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: 32 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: Penn Plaza (Penn) → JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)
Hop Count: 1 hops
Status: Incomplete - Final destination not reached
SNR Towards: -3.25 dB -11.5 dB
Route Visualization

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Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 25 Washington Ave (25WA) Penn Plaza (Penn) 6.04 km -3.25 dB Origin Hops
2 Penn Plaza (Penn) JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6) 14.56 km -11.5 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Total Forward Distance
20.60 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:32 bytes
Gateway:!db2b2610
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:2 / 3
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 !db2b2610
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (32 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1113362981
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2997288360
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 32 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 -93.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr 2.75 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1765384064
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 209
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1765383932.9882033
Unix timestamp 		uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

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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: !db2b2610
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -93.0 dBm
SNR: 2.75 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:TRACEROUTE_APP
Size:32 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "route_nodes": [ 1213356233, 3505418193 ], "snr_towards": [ -3.25, -11.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [], "route_node_names": { "2997288360": "Meshtastic fda8 (fda8)", "1213356233": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "3505418193": "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "1113362981": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 3374842, "timestamp": 1765383932.9882033, "from_node_id": 1113362981, "to_node_id": 2997288360, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!db2b2610", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 4057556903, "rssi": -93, "snr": 2.75, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "payload_length": 32, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a08c9585248d16ff0d01214f3ffffffffffffffff01d2ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1765384064, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 209, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-12-10 16:25:32 UTC", "hop_count": 2, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "to_node_name": "Meshtastic fda8 (fda8)", "relay_hex": "d1", "relay_candidates": [ { "node_id": 3505418193, "node_name": "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar", "hex_id": "!d0f06fd1", "short_name": "JLY6", "last_byte": "d1" } ], "gateway_name": "nLink-NY-Jamaica1 (NLJ1)", "gateway_location": null }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 3374842, "from_node_id": 1113362981, "to_node_id": 2997288360, "timestamp": 1765383932.9882033, "gateway_id": "!db2b2610", "raw_payload": "0a08c9585248d16ff0d01214f3ffffffffffffffff01d2ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "from_node_name": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "to_node_name": "!b2a6fda8", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 1213356233, 3505418193 ], "snr_towards": [ -3.25, -11.5 ], "route_back": [], "snr_back": [] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward", "node_ids": [ 1113362981, 1213356233, 3505418193 ], "node_names": [ "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)" ], "snr_values": [ -3.25, -11.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1113362981, "to_node_id": 1213356233, "from_node_name": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "to_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "snr": -3.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 6035.012371212725, "from_location_timestamp": 1765383198.0321047, "to_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1213356233, "to_node_id": 3505418193, "from_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "to_node_name": "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 14561.118432728517, "from_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "to_location_timestamp": 1765380599.9409094, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.9h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 }, "return_path": null, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "forward_rf", "node_ids": [ 1113362981, 1213356233, 3505418193 ], "node_names": [ "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)" ], "snr_values": [ -3.25, -11.5 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1113362981, "to_node_id": 1213356233, "from_node_name": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "to_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "snr": -3.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 6035.012371212725, "from_location_timestamp": 1765383198.0321047, "to_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1213356233, "to_node_id": 3505418193, "from_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "to_node_name": "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 14561.118432728517, "from_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "to_location_timestamp": 1765380599.9409094, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.9h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 } }, "has_return_path": false, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "25 Washington Ave (25WA) → Penn Plaza (Penn) → JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "return_path_display": null, "actual_rf_path_display": "25 Washington Ave (25WA) → Penn Plaza (Penn) → JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 1113362981, "to_node_id": 1213356233, "from_node_name": "25 Washington Ave (25WA)", "to_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "snr": -3.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 6035.012371212725, "from_location_timestamp": 1765383198.0321047, "to_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago" }, { "hop_number": 2, "from_node_id": 1213356233, "to_node_id": 3505418193, "from_node_name": "Penn Plaza (Penn)", "to_node_name": "JLY6 - Ozone Park Solar (JLY6)", "snr": -11.5, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 14561.118432728517, "from_location_timestamp": 1765369648.3142705, "to_location_timestamp": 1765380599.9409094, "from_location_age_warning": "from 4.0h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.9h ago" } ], "return_hops": [], "total_forward_distance": 20596.130803941243, "total_return_distance": null }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!db2b2610", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1113362981, "to": 2997288360, "id": 4057556903, "rx_time": 1765384064, "rx_snr": 2.75, "rx_rssi": -93, "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": 209, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a08c9585248d16ff0d01214f3ffffffffffffffff01d2ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 1213356233, 3505418193 ], "snr_towards": [ -13, -46 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (32 bytes)
0a08c9585248d16ff0d01214f3ffffffffffffffff01d2ffffffffffffffff01
Hex Analysis:
Size:32 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
nLink-NY-Jamaica1 (NLJ1) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-93.0 dBm 2.75 dB 2 d1 JLY6 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:32 UTC Current
25 Washington Ave (25WA) -17.324s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:15 UTC View
Steiner Studios Tower (SST) -15.818s
Before 		-83.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:17 UTC View
ClaremontWx.net (CmWx) -15.773s
Before 		-102.0 dBm -15.25 dB 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:17 UTC View
YMH 1 @ Your Mom’s House (YMH1) -15.769s
Before 		-117.0 dBm -10.25 dB 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:17 UTC View
Gemini (GMNI) -15.125s
Before 		-126.0 dBm -15.00 dB 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:17 UTC View
Meshtastic f5c8 (f5c8) -14.492s
Before 		-103.0 dBm -3.50 dB 1 c9 Penn LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:18 UTC View
drp mobile (drpm) -14.453s
Before 		-121.0 dBm -14.25 dB 1 c9 Penn LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:18 UTC View
Morton Williams - seano@masto.nyc (mwb) -14.247s
Before 		-88.0 dBm 3.75 dB 1 c9 Penn LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:18 UTC View
Claudiopolis-440c (440c) -14.152s
Before 		-89.0 dBm -5.00 dB 1 c9 Penn , JLX3 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:18 UTC View
JOS1tastic 1497 (JOS1) -13.315s
Before 		-102.0 dBm -10.25 dB 1 c9 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:19 UTC View
JLO (fe6e) -12.861s
Before 		-113.0 dBm -9.50 dB 2 b8 Paul , 13bp , ⚡2 , bfb8 , JLY4 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:20 UTC View
dkTowerBot (dkTB) -11.557s
Before 		-91.0 dBm -2.25 dB 2 34 8b34 , RbHf , cf34 , 4034 , dmlt LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:21 UTC View
Fried Fish FF1 (FF1) -10.593s
Before 		-87.0 dBm -0.50 dB 3 b8 🫠 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:22 UTC View
Mobile Fish 4 (MF4) -10.553s
Before 		-112.0 dBm -8.00 dB 3 b8 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:22 UTC View
25 Washington Ave (25WA) -8.308s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:24 UTC View
drp mobile (drpm) -6.776s
Before 		-125.0 dBm -18.50 dB 0 25 25WA LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:26 UTC View
Meshtastic 28ec (28ec) -6.306s
Before 		-40.0 dBm 6.50 dB 3 - LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:26 UTC View
🚢 | tugboat v4 (🚢) -5.779s
Before 		-108.0 dBm -13.50 dB 1 c9 Penn LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:27 UTC View
DRP0 Astoria (DRP0) -0.320s
Before 		-73.0 dBm -0.25 dB 2 b2 😴 , CBZ1 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:32 UTC View
Whole Foods Market UES (WFMK) +0.003s
After 		-108.0 dBm -7.25 dB 2 b2 CBZ1 LongFast 2025-12-10 16:25:32 UTC View
21

Total Receptions

19

Unique Gateways