Packet #39619885 Success

NODEINFO_APP packet from BalsamFirSolarRouter (RFIR) to !ffffffff

47
Total Receptions
3
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
85
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 39619885
Mesh Packet ID: 0xb6e08da3
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-05-16 14:40:36 UTC
From Node: BalsamFirSolarRouter (RFIR)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: NODEINFO_APP
Port: 4
Gateway: Meshtastic 7c50 (7c50)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -119 dBm
SNR: -13.5 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:!33677c50
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:NODEINFO_APP
Hop Count:2 / 3
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 !33677c50
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
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 -119.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -13.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1778942435
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 1778942436.2597473
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 (2 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !33677c50
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -119.0 dBm
SNR: -13.50 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": "!33677c50", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1855648149, "to": 4294967295, "id": 3068169635, "rx_time": 1778942435, "rx_snr": -13.5, "rx_rssi": -119, "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
Meshtastic 7c50 (7c50) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-119.0 dBm -13.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:36 UTC Current
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.494s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.462s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.433s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.411s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.388s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.366s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.340s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.315s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.291s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.262s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:13 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.239s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.214s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.192s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.166s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.140s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.116s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.092s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.068s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.041s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -22.006s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.975s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.950s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 MediumFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.926s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.902s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.875s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.852s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.830s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.809s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.788s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.766s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.740s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.717s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.693s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.669s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.647s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.619s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.598s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.574s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.550s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.516s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.492s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.467s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.445s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.422s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -21.396s
Before 		-109.0 dBm -15.50 dB 1 fd 📡 LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:14 UTC View
VE3WNP-11 (TGWN) -19.578s
Before 		-119.0 dBm -9.00 dB 2 3d LongFast 2026-05-16 14:40:16 UTC View
47

Total Receptions

3

Unique Gateways