Packet #70265 Success

TRACEROUTE_APP packet from Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC) to Acer saccharum (AcSa)

10
Total Receptions
10
Unique Gateways
1
Hop Count
37
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 70265
Mesh Packet ID: 0xc8d48438
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2025-09-20 05:50:23 UTC
From Node: Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)
To Node: Acer saccharum (AcSa)
Success: Processed
Protocol: TRACEROUTE_APP
Port: 70
Gateway: Steiner Studios Tower (SST)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -107 dBm
SNR: -0.75 dBm
Hop Info: 1/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 2
Relay Node: bb WyCt
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: 37 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Route Information
Route Path: South of Pratt (SoPa)
Hop Count: 0 hops
Status: Forward incomplete, Return in progress
SNR Towards: -4.5 dB 0.25 dB
Return Path: Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)
SNR Back: -11.75 dB
Traceroute Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Acer saccharum (AcSa) South of Pratt (SoPa) Unknown -4.5 dB Origin Hops
2 South of Pratt (SoPa) Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC) 712 m 0.25 dB Relay Hops
Traceroute incomplete - Final destination not reached
Return Path Steps
Hop From Node To Node Distance SNR (dB) Direction Analysis
1 Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC) Willoughby Clermont (WyCt) 1.49 km -11.75 dB Return Start Hops
Total Forward Distance
712 m
Total Return Distance
1.49 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:!da5af04c
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:TRACEROUTE_APP
Hop Count:1 / 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 !da5af04c
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 235435806
Source node ID 		uint32
to 2116760592
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 70
TRACEROUTE_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 37 bytes size
hop_limit 2
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 3
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 1
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -107.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -0.75 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1758347723
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 187
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1758347423.6238208
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: !da5af04c
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -107.0 dBm
SNR: -0.75 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": [ 2199653033 ], "snr_towards": [ -4.5, 0.25 ], "route_back": [ 2052347579 ], "snr_back": [ -11.75 ], "route_node_names": { "2116760592": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "2199653033": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "2052347579": "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "235435806": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)" }, "traceroute_packet": { "packet_data": { "id": 70265, "timestamp": 1758347423.6238208, "from_node_id": 235435806, "to_node_id": 2116760592, "portnum": 70, "portnum_name": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "gateway_id": "!da5af04c", "channel_id": "LongFast", "mesh_packet_id": 3369370680, "rssi": -107, "snr": -0.75, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 3, "payload_length": 37, "processed_successfully": 1, "raw_payload": "0a04a90a1c83120beeffffffffffffffff01011a04bb56547a220ad1ffffffffffffffff01", "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "rx_time": 1758347723, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 187, "tx_after": 0, "timestamp_str": "2025-09-20 05:50:23 UTC", "hop_count": 1, "has_payload": true, "success": 1, "from_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "to_node_name": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "relay_hex": "bb", "relay_candidates": [ { "node_id": 2052347579, "node_name": "Willoughby Clermont", "hex_id": "!7a5456bb", "short_name": "WyCt", "last_byte": "bb" } ], "gateway_name": "Steiner Studios Tower (SST)", "gateway_location": { "node_id": 3663392844, "latitude": 40.701761, "longitude": -73.967274, "altitude": null, "timestamp": 1764413298.1271324, "timestamp_str": "2025-11-29 05:48:18", "display_name": "Steiner Studios Tower", "long_name": "Steiner Studios Tower", "short_name": "SST", "hw_model": "TLORA_T3_S3" } }, "resolve_names": true, "packet_id": 70265, "from_node_id": 235435806, "to_node_id": 2116760592, "timestamp": 1758347423.6238208, "gateway_id": "!da5af04c", "raw_payload": "0a04a90a1c83120beeffffffffffffffff01011a04bb56547a220ad1ffffffffffffffff01", "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 3, "from_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "to_node_name": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "route_data": { "route_nodes": [ 2199653033 ], "snr_towards": [ -4.5, 0.25 ], "route_back": [ 2052347579 ], "snr_back": [ -11.75 ] }, "forward_path": { "path_type": "forward_with_return", "node_ids": [ 2116760592, 2199653033, 235435806 ], "node_names": [ "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)" ], "snr_values": [ -4.5, 0.25 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2116760592, "to_node_id": 2199653033, "from_node_name": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "to_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "snr": -4.5, "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": 2199653033, "to_node_id": 235435806, "from_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "to_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "snr": 0.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 711.53230642056, "from_location_timestamp": 1758344489.4350924, "to_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.8h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 2 }, "return_path": { "path_type": "return", "node_ids": [ 235435806, 2052347579 ], "node_names": [ "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)" ], "snr_values": [ -11.75 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 235435806, "to_node_id": 2052347579, "from_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "to_node_name": "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "snr": -11.75, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 1488.579629435084, "from_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "to_location_timestamp": 1758341351.1070411, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 1 }, "actual_rf_path": { "path_type": "combined_rf", "node_ids": [ 2116760592, 2199653033, 235435806, 2052347579 ], "node_names": [ "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)" ], "snr_values": [ -4.5, 0.25, -11.75 ], "hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2116760592, "to_node_id": 2199653033, "from_node_name": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "to_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "snr": -4.5, "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": 2199653033, "to_node_id": 235435806, "from_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "to_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "snr": 0.25, "direction": "forward_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 711.53230642056, "from_location_timestamp": 1758344489.4350924, "to_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.8h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago" }, { "hop_number": 3, "from_node_id": 235435806, "to_node_id": 2052347579, "from_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "to_node_name": "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "snr": -11.75, "direction": "return_rf", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 1488.579629435084, "from_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "to_location_timestamp": 1758341351.1070411, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.7h ago" } ], "is_complete": false, "total_hops": 3 } }, "has_return_path": true, "is_complete": false, "forward_path_display": "Acer saccharum (AcSa) → South of Pratt (SoPa) → Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "return_path_display": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC) → Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "actual_rf_path_display": "Acer saccharum (AcSa) → South of Pratt (SoPa) → Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC) → Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "forward_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 2116760592, "to_node_id": 2199653033, "from_node_name": "Acer saccharum (AcSa)", "to_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "snr": -4.5, "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": 2199653033, "to_node_id": 235435806, "from_node_name": "South of Pratt (SoPa)", "to_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "snr": 0.25, "direction": "forward", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 711.53230642056, "from_location_timestamp": 1758344489.4350924, "to_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.8h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago" } ], "return_hops": [ { "hop_number": 1, "from_node_id": 235435806, "to_node_id": 2052347579, "from_node_name": "Greene Hill Food Cooperative (GHFC)", "to_node_name": "Willoughby Clermont (WyCt)", "snr": -11.75, "direction": "return", "is_target_hop": false, "distance_meters": 1488.579629435084, "from_location_timestamp": 1758346835.5613515, "to_location_timestamp": 1758341351.1070411, "from_location_age_warning": "from 0.2h ago", "to_location_age_warning": "from 1.7h ago" } ], "total_forward_distance": 711.53230642056, "total_return_distance": 1488.579629435084 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!da5af04c", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 235435806, "to": 2116760592, "id": 3369370680, "rx_time": 1758347723, "rx_snr": -0.75, "rx_rssi": -107, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": 0, "want_ack": 1, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": 0, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 187, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 70, "payload": "0a04a90a1c83120beeffffffffffffffff01011a04bb56547a220ad1ffffffffffffffff01", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "route": [ 2199653033 ], "snr_towards": [ -18, 1 ], "route_back": [ 2052347579 ], "snr_back": [ -47 ], "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "TRACEROUTE_APP", "message_class": "RouteDiscovery" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (37 bytes)
0a04a90a1c83120beeffffffffffffffff01011a04bb56547a220ad1ffffffffffffffff01
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 Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
Steiner Studios Tower (SST) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-107.0 dBm -0.75 dB 1 bb WyCt LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:23 UTC Current
Acer saccharum (AcSa) -2.215s
Before 		-123.0 dBm -11.75 dB 0 1e GHFC LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:21 UTC View
dkTowerBot (dkTB) -0.945s
Before 		-100.0 dBm -8.50 dB 1 7b 4b7b LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:22 UTC View
@_tedks (tks) +3.189s
After 		-108.0 dBm -1.00 dB 3 - LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:26 UTC View
https://nyme.sh | Xoder (MERB) +5.292s
After 		-110.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 35 JLX5 LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:28 UTC View
Claudiopolis-440c (440c) +6.914s
After 		-103.0 dBm -4.00 dB 2 28 b028 , 8b28 LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:30 UTC View
K2XAP G2 (XAP2) +10.696s
After 		-85.0 dBm -14.50 dB 2 81 Titi LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:34 UTC View
SDT f481 (f481) +12.185s
After 		-103.0 dBm -12.00 dB 3 - LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:35 UTC View
🐎📨 mobile (📨) +15.944s
After 		-3.0 dBm 6.25 dB 3 e4 BKBB , afe4 , v4MS LongFast 2025-09-20 05:50:39 UTC View
Tabris (Tare) +87.744s
After 		-99.0 dBm -7.25 dB 3 d3 Dog LongFast 2025-09-20 05:51:51 UTC View
10

Total Receptions

10

Unique Gateways