Packet #17711707 Success

NODEINFO_APP packet from Joyce Station (JOY) to !ffffffff

45
Total Receptions
1
Unique Gateways
1
Hop Count
77
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17711707
Mesh Packet ID: 0xeed935bd
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC
From Node: Joyce Station (JOY)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: NODEINFO_APP
Port: 4
Gateway: lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -59 dBm
SNR: 6.5 dBm
Hop Info: 1/6 hops
Start: 6, Limit: 5
Relay Node: fd
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet
Payload Data
Protocol: NODEINFO_APP
Size: 77 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Long Name:Joyce Station
Short Name:JOY
Node ID:!6984fea0
MAC Address:kHBphP6g
Hardware:HELTEC_V4
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:77 bytes
Gateway:!73ab1026
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:NODEINFO_APP
Hop Count:1 / 6
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Broadcast
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
+ 3 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !73ab1026
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (77 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1770323616
Source node ID 		uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes 		uint32
decoded.portnum 4
NODEINFO_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 77 bytes size
hop_limit 5
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 6
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 1
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -59.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr 6.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1774588205
Receive timestamp 		fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission 		bool
want_ack False
No ACK 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 253
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774588207.6788034
Unix timestamp 		uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

Analysis of privacy features and exposure risks when packet is shared via MQTT

Exposure Level: Broadcast
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
  • ⚠ 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
Gateway ID: !73ab1026
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -59.0 dBm
SNR: 6.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:NODEINFO_APP
Size:77 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "id": "!6984fea0", "long_name": "Joyce Station", "short_name": "JOY", "macaddr": "kHBphP6g", "hw_model": "HELTEC_V4" }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!73ab1026", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1770323616, "to": 4294967295, "id": 4007212477, "rx_time": 1774588205, "rx_snr": 6.5, "rx_rssi": -59, "hop_limit": 5, "hop_start": 6, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 253, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 4, "payload": "0a09213639383466656130120d4a6f7963652053746174696f6e1a034a4f59220690706984fea0286e4220c9aa5fdf0c3fddb676c98844c798d27d7347bc7d52e27acf15866bd48ab26f304800", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "id": "!6984fea0", "long_name": "Joyce Station", "short_name": "JOY", "macaddr": "kHBphP6g", "hw_model": "HELTEC_V4", "public_key": "yapf3ww/3bZ2yYhEx5jSfXNHvH1S4nrPFYZr1IqybzA=", "is_unmessagable": false, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "NODEINFO_APP", "message_class": "User" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (77 bytes)
0a09213639383466656130120d4a6f7963652053746174696f6e1a034a4f59220690706984fea0286e4220c9aa5fdf0c3fddb676c98844c798d27d7347bc7d52e27acf15866bd48ab26f304800
Hex Analysis:
Size:77 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
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC Current
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.989s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.961s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.927s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.901s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.881s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.860s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.839s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.816s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.793s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.770s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.747s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd LongFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.726s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.706s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.685s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:06 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.664s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.641s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.618s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.595s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.572s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.550s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.529s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.505s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd MediumFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.484s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.460s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.436s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.414s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.391s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.370s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.349s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.328s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.307s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.284s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.260s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortFast 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.238s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.215s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.194s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.173s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.152s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.132s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.109s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.086s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.063s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.041s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
lizfort joyce-collingwood (lfjc) -0.021s
Before 		-59.0 dBm 6.50 dB 1 fd ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 05:10:07 UTC View
45

Total Receptions

1

Unique Gateways