Packet #39468546 Success

NODEINFO_APP packet from BalsamFirSolarRouter (RFIR) to !ffffffff

48
Total Receptions
4
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
85
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 39468546
Mesh Packet ID: 0x98231d96
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC
From Node: BalsamFirSolarRouter (RFIR)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: NODEINFO_APP
Port: 4
Gateway: neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐)
Channel: ShortTurbo
RSSI: -94 dBm
SNR: -1.5 dBm
Hop Info: 2/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 1
Relay Node: 5b
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet
Payload Data
Protocol: NODEINFO_APP
Size: 85 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Long Name:BalsamFirSolarRouter
Short Name:RFIR
Node ID:!6e9af195
MAC Address:1J9umvGV
Hardware:RAK4631
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:85 bytes
Gateway:!a2e1bcbc
Channel:ShortTurbo
Payload Type:NODEINFO_APP
Hop Count:2 / 3
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Broadcast
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Custom channel: ShortTurbo
+ 1 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
+ 2 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a2e1bcbc
Node ID format
channel_id ShortTurbo
packet MeshPacket (85 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1855648149
Source node ID 		uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes 		uint32
decoded.portnum 4
NODEINFO_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 85 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 -94.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -1.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1778913630
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 91
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1778913631.4499154
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)
  • ✓ Custom channel: ShortTurbo
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ Multi-hop path visible (2 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !a2e1bcbc
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -94.0 dBm
SNR: -1.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:NODEINFO_APP
Size:85 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "id": "!6e9af195", "long_name": "BalsamFirSolarRouter", "short_name": "RFIR", "macaddr": "1J9umvGV", "hw_model": "RAK4631" }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a2e1bcbc", "channel_id": "ShortTurbo", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1855648149, "to": 4294967295, "id": 2552438166, "rx_time": 1778913630, "rx_snr": -1.5, "rx_rssi": -94, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 91, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 4, "payload": "0a09213665396166313935121442616c73616d466972536f6c6172526f757465721a04524649522206d49f6e9af195280938024220f89c1611fe49de6478caa73f3962d0c4552cd6740f37e949c9685d7b40655b06", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "id": "!6e9af195", "long_name": "BalsamFirSolarRouter", "short_name": "RFIR", "macaddr": "1J9umvGV", "hw_model": "RAK4631", "role": "ROUTER", "public_key": "+JwWEf5J3mR4yqc/OWLQxFUs1nQPN+lJyWhde0BlWwY=", "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "NODEINFO_APP", "message_class": "User" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (85 bytes)
0a09213665396166313935121442616c73616d466972536f6c6172526f757465721a04524649522206d49f6e9af195280938024220f89c1611fe49de6478caa73f3962d0c4552cd6740f37e949c9685d7b40655b06
Hex Analysis:
Size:85 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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Map shows gateway locations that received this packet. Hop counts are displayed if available.
Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC Current
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.947s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.910s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.881s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.841s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.808s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.780s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.758s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.735s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.713s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.690s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.663s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.641s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.620s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.599s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.576s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.551s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.528s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.504s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.482s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.461s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.439s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.417s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.394s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.370s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.346s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.323s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.300s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.279s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.258s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.236s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.214s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.189s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.165s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.133s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.110s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.089s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.068s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.046s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.024s
Before 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.024s
After 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.047s
After 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.069s
After 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.091s
After 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.112s
After 		-94.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
VA3NNW-4240 (NNW) +0.133s
After 		-143.0 dBm -18.75 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
Meshtastic 7c50 (7c50) +0.424s
After 		-119.0 dBm -13.75 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:31 UTC View
Seri Base d120 (SRB) +16.796s
After 		-106.0 dBm -5.50 dB 3 05 LongFast 2026-05-16 06:40:48 UTC View
48

Total Receptions

4

Unique Gateways