Packets

The Packets page shows every transmission captured by your mesh observers.

[Screenshot: packets table with grouped view]

Grouped vs ungrouped view

By default, packets are grouped by hash. Each row represents one unique transmission, with a count of how many observers heard it.

Click Ungroup to see every individual observation as its own row.

Click the ▶ arrow on a grouped row to expand it and see all observations of that packet.

What each row shows

Time — when the packet was received
From — sender node name or hash prefix
Type — packet type (Advert, Channel Msg, Direct Msg, ACK, Request, Response, Trace, Path)
Observer — which observer captured the packet
SNR — signal-to-noise ratio in dB
RSSI — received signal strength
Hops — how many relay hops the packet took

Filters

Observer filter

Select a specific observer to see only packets it captured. Saved across sessions.

Type filter

Filter by packet type (e.g., show only Adverts or Channel Messages).

Time window

Choose how far back to look: 15 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, etc. On mobile, the window is capped at 3 hours for performance.

Wireshark-style filter bar

Type filter expressions for advanced filtering:

type:advert snr>5 hops<3
from:MyNode observer:SJC

See the filter bar's help tooltip for all supported fields and operators.

Packet detail

Click any row to open the detail pane on the right showing:

Full packet metadata (hash, type, size, timestamp)
Decoded payload fields
Hop path with resolved node names
All observers that heard this packet, sorted by SNR

Hex breakdown

The detail pane includes a hex dump of the raw packet bytes with field boundaries highlighted.

Observation sorting

When viewing a grouped packet's observations, they're sorted by SNR (best signal first). This helps you see which observer had the clearest reception.

Display options

Hex hashes — toggle to show packet hashes in hex format
Panel resize — drag the detail pane border to resize it
Keyboard shortcuts — press Esc to close the detail pane

Tips

Grouped view is best for understanding what's happening on the mesh
Ungrouped view is best for debugging signal paths and comparing observers
The time window filter is your best friend for managing large datasets
Packet hashes in the URL are deep-linkable — share a link to a specific packet

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