When Do Zero-Cost Hops Apply?
A hop is preserved if all of these are true:
Node role is ROUTER, ROUTER_LATE, or CLIENT_BASE.
Not the very first hop of the packet.
Previous relay is in your favorites and is ROUTER or ROUTER_LATE.
Miss any one of those and the hop meter ticks down as usual.
meanwhile meshmonitor favorite evereybody, including even client_mute who retransmits nobody at all!
As described below (quote from https://meshtastic.org/blog/zero-cost-hops-favorite-routers/)
meanwhile meshmonitor favorite evereybody, including even client_mute who retransmits nobody at all!