SpicyAnt

I had similar issues with Meshtastic’s traceroute. Have you tried Meshcore? The design is a bit different in that it keeps the client nodes and repeaters separate, and repeaters are meant to be kept in more stable positions. I bring it up because in Meshcore you can manually select specific pathways to probe and analyze hops in greater detail. If there is an active Meshcore network in your area you might want to give it a try. It runs on the same hardware, so you can flip between systems, but the meshes cannot interact.