diff --git a/src/features/packets/PacketRow.tsx b/src/features/packets/PacketRow.tsx
index 1c941b0..2fcba53 100644
--- a/src/features/packets/PacketRow.tsx
+++ b/src/features/packets/PacketRow.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export function PacketRow({ packet, expanded, isFresh, onToggle }: PacketRowProp
         </Tooltip>
       </div>
 
+      {packet.summary && <div className="mt-1 truncate text-[11px] text-text-bright" title={packet.summary}>{packet.summary}</div>}
+
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1 mt-1 text-[11px] text-text-dim">
         <span className="font-mono text-[11px] text-text-muted uppercase tracking-wider bg-text-muted/8 px-1.5 py-px rounded-sm">
           {packet.routeTypeName || "Unknown"}
diff --git a/src/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.tsx b/src/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.tsx
index 97ae3da..e84f7ec 100644
--- a/src/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function PacketTableHeader() {
       <span>Obs</span>
       <span>Hops</span>
       <span>Hash Size</span>
-      <span>Src → Dst</span>
+      <span className="truncate" title="Summary and source / destination">Summary / Src → Dst</span>
       <span>IATA</span>
       <span className="text-right">Age</span>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/features/packets/PacketTableRow.tsx b/src/features/packets/PacketTableRow.tsx
index 95a430f..2033903 100644
--- a/src/features/packets/PacketTableRow.tsx
+++ b/src/features/packets/PacketTableRow.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export function PacketTableRow({ packet, expanded, isFresh, onToggle }: PacketTa
         <span className="font-mono text-text-muted">{pathLength?.hopCount ?? na}</span>
         <span className="font-mono text-text-muted">{pathLength?.hashSize ?? na}</span>
         <span className="min-w-0 overflow-hidden">
+          {packet.summary && <span className="block truncate text-text-bright" title={packet.summary}>{packet.summary}</span>}
           <PacketEndpoints packet={packet} />
         </span>
         <span className="font-mono font-bold text-primary tracking-wider">
diff --git a/src/features/packets/usePackets.ts b/src/features/packets/usePackets.ts
index ef453ee..3f03b55 100644
--- a/src/features/packets/usePackets.ts
+++ b/src/features/packets/usePackets.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export function usePackets(frozen: boolean = false, serverFilter: PacketServerFi
         lastHeardAt: data.observation.heardAt,
         observationCount: data.packet.observationCount,
         scope: data.packet.scope,
+        summary: data.packet.summary,
         latestObserver: {
           id: data.observation.observerId,
           displayName: data.observation.observerName,
diff --git a/src/types/api.ts b/src/types/api.ts
index f50ac80..e8fbf13 100644
--- a/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/src/types/api.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface PacketSummary {
   observationCount: number;
   latestObserver?: LatestObserver;
   scope?: string; // matched transport scope name, e.g. "#bc"
+  summary?: string; // packet-derived display text, currently the advertised name
 }
 
 export interface ResolvedNode {
diff --git a/src/types/ws.ts b/src/types/ws.ts
index 7701ccd..3b72345 100644
--- a/src/types/ws.ts
+++ b/src/types/ws.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export interface WsPacketObservation {
       isFirstObservation: boolean;
       observationCount: number;
       scope?: string; // matched transport scope name; omitted when none matched
+      summary?: string;
     };
     observation: {
       observerId: string;
diff --git a/tests/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.test.tsx b/tests/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.test.tsx
index de254c0..4eaa633 100644
--- a/tests/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/packets/PacketTableHeader.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { GRID_TEMPLATE } from "../../../src/features/packets/packet-grid";
 describe("PacketTableHeader", () => {
   it("declares every column heading", () => {
     render(<PacketTableHeader />);
-    for (const h of ["Hash", "Type", "Route", "Obs", "Hops", "Hash Size", "Src → Dst", "IATA", "Age"]) {
+    for (const h of ["Hash", "Type", "Route", "Obs", "Hops", "Hash Size", "Summary / Src → Dst", "IATA", "Age"]) {
       expect(screen.getByText(h)).toBeInTheDocument();
     }
   });
diff --git a/tests/features/packets/PacketTableRow.test.tsx b/tests/features/packets/PacketTableRow.test.tsx
index 27435ae..2e11485 100644
--- a/tests/features/packets/PacketTableRow.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/packets/PacketTableRow.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ const observer = (
 };
 
 describe("PacketTableRow", () => {
+  it("keeps endpoints visible alongside a payload summary", () => {
+    render(<PacketTableRow packet={pkt({ summary: "Packet summary", latestObserver: observer({ resolvedSource: node("Source node"), resolvedDestination: node("Destination node") }) })} expanded={false} onToggle={() => {}} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Packet summary")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Source node")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Destination node")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("exposes one button carrying the expansion state", () => {
     render(<PacketTableRow packet={pkt()} expanded={false} onToggle={() => {}} />);
     const btn = screen.getByRole("button");
diff --git a/tests/features/packets/packet-summary.test.tsx b/tests/features/packets/packet-summary.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca7129f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/packets/packet-summary.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { PacketRow } from "../../../src/features/packets/PacketRow";
+import { PacketTableRow } from "../../../src/features/packets/PacketTableRow";
+
+const packet = {
+  packetHash: "AA11BB22", payloadType: 4, payloadTypeName: "ADVERT",
+  routeType: 1, routeTypeName: "FLOOD", firstHeardAt: 1, lastHeardAt: 2, observationCount: 1,
+};
+
+describe.each([["mobile", PacketRow], ["desktop", PacketTableRow]] as const)("%s packet summary", (_name, Row) => {
+  it("shows the packet's advertised name and keeps row selection working", () => {
+    const toggle = vi.fn();
+    render(<Row packet={{ ...packet, summary: "MD00-Repeater 📡" }} expanded={false} onToggle={toggle} />);
+    const summary = screen.getByText("MD00-Repeater 📡");
+    expect(summary).toHaveAttribute("title", "MD00-Repeater 📡");
+    fireEvent.click(summary);
+    expect(toggle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("supports rows from an older server without summaries", () => {
+    render(<Row packet={packet} expanded={false} onToggle={() => {}} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/AA11/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("MD00-Repeater 📡")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/features/packets/usePackets.test.tsx b/tests/features/packets/usePackets.test.tsx
index ba98a8f..b0198d1 100644
--- a/tests/features/packets/usePackets.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/features/packets/usePackets.test.tsx
@@ -360,6 +360,20 @@ describe("usePackets live heard window", () => {
 
   const flushRaf = () => rafCallbacks.splice(0).forEach((cb) => cb(0));
 
+  it("keeps summaries from history and passes summaries through live observations", async () => {
+    getPackets.mockResolvedValue({ items: [{ ...packet("history"), summary: "Historical advert" }], nextCursor: null });
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => usePackets(), { wrapper });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.allPackets.find((p) => p.packetHash === "history")?.summary).toBe("Historical advert"));
+    const event = observation("live");
+    event.packet.summary = "Live advert 📡";
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.handlePacketObservation(event);
+      flushRaf();
+    });
+    expect(result.current.allPackets.find((p) => p.packetHash === "live")?.summary).toBe("Live advert 📡");
+    expect(result.current.allPackets.find((p) => p.packetHash === "history")?.summary).toBe("Historical advert");
+  });
+
   // Each WS message carries only its own heardAt, so a second observation of the same packet used to
   // collapse the window to a single instant — the expanded row then read "spread 0.000s".
   it("widens the heard window across observations instead of collapsing it", async () => {