From d9af4f46fa6d221f6caafe12c0b8a9ed0709834e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:28:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Skip decoding for Repeaters

---
 src/mesh/Router.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/Router.cpp b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
index e729a225d..a150e358c 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Router.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ void Router::sniffReceived(const meshtastic_MeshPacket *p, const meshtastic_Rout
 
 bool perhapsDecode(meshtastic_MeshPacket *p)
 {
-
-    // LOG_DEBUG("\n\n** perhapsDecode payloadVariant - %d\n\n", p->which_payloadVariant);
+    if (config.device.role == meshtastic_Config_DeviceConfig_Role_REPEATER)
+        return false;
 
     if (p->which_payload_variant == meshtastic_MeshPacket_decoded_tag)
         return true; // If packet was already decoded just return

From bdf3fe3f5cfe0867df6ed5d9789efd94c8de3f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:40:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Logging tweaks

---
 src/mesh/FloodingRouter.cpp | 4 +---
 src/mesh/Router.cpp         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mesh/FloodingRouter.cpp b/src/mesh/FloodingRouter.cpp
index 6fd4d0401..16c20d7a2 100644
--- a/src/mesh/FloodingRouter.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/FloodingRouter.cpp
@@ -48,15 +48,13 @@ void FloodingRouter::sniffReceived(const meshtastic_MeshPacket *p, const meshtas
                     traceRouteModule->updateRoute(tosend);
                 }
 
-                LOG_INFO("Rebroadcasting received floodmsg to neighbors", p);
+                LOG_INFO("Rebroadcasting received floodmsg to neighbors\n");
                 // Note: we are careful to resend using the original senders node id
                 // We are careful not to call our hooked version of send() - because we don't want to check this again
                 Router::send(tosend);
-
             } else {
                 LOG_DEBUG("Not rebroadcasting. Role = Role_ClientMute\n");
             }
-
         } else {
             LOG_DEBUG("Ignoring a simple (0 id) broadcast\n");
         }
diff --git a/src/mesh/Router.cpp b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
index a150e358c..4ac6f8f46 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Router.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ void Router::handleReceived(meshtastic_MeshPacket *p, RxSource src)
         else
             printPacket("handleReceived(REMOTE)", p);
     } else {
-        printPacket("packet decoding failed (no PSK?)", p);
+        printPacket("packet decoding failed or skipped (no PSK?)", p);
     }
 
     // call modules here