diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html
index d9b36c6d..0cd36683 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 {% if node_names %}
     {{ node_names|json_script:"node-names" }}
 {% endif %}
+{% if send_uuid %}
+    {{ send_uuid|json_script:"send-uuid" }}
+{% endif %}
 <script type="text/javascript">
 {% if node_names %}
     const node_names = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('node-names').textContent);
 {% endif %}
+
 function connect() {
     console.log('reconnecting websocket...');
     var ws = new WebSocket((window.location.protocol=="https:"?"wss:":"ws:")+window.location.host+"/mesh/ui/ws", []);
     ws.onopen = (event) => {
         console.log('websocket connected.');
-        ws.send(JSON.stringify({"subscribe": "log"}));
+        {% if send_uuid %}
+            ws.send(JSON.stringify({"send_msg": JSON.parse(document.getElementById('send-uuid').textContent)}));
+        {% else %}
+            ws.send(JSON.stringify({"subscribe": "log"}));
+        {% endif %}
     };
     ws.onclose = (event) => {
         window.setTimeout(connect, 500);
     }
     ws.onmessage = (event) => {
-        var data = JSON.parse(event.data);
+        var data = JSON.parse(event.data), line, text;
         switch(data.type) {
             case 'mesh.log_entry':
-                var line = document.createElement("tr"), cell, link_tag;
+                line = document.createElement("tr"), cell, link_tag;
 
                 cell = document.createElement("td");
                 cell.innerText = data.timestamp;
@@ -54,6 +62,16 @@ function connect() {
                 line.appendChild(cell);
 
                 document.querySelector("tbody").prepend(line);
+                break
+            case 'mesh.msg_sent':
+                {% if send_uuid %}
+                    line = document.createElement("p");
+                    line.innerText = "sent via uplink ["+data.channel+"] "+data.uplink;
+                    if (node_names[data.uplink]) {
+                        line.innerText += " ("+node_names[data.uplink]+")";
+                    }
+                    document.getElementById("sending-status-"+data.recipient).appendChild(line);
+                {% endif %}
                 break;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
index d16ea909..1a3ac22e 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <form method="POST" style="max-width:400px;">
         {% csrf_token %}
         {{ form }}
+        <noscript><input type="hidden" name="noscript" value"1"></noscript>
         <button type="submit">{% trans 'Send' %}</button>
     </form>
 
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_sending.html b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_sending.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..548676dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_sending.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{% extends 'control/base.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block heading %}
+    {% blocktrans trimmed with msg_type=msg_type %}
+        Sending {{ msg_type }} message
+    {% endblocktrans %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block subcontent %}
+    <p><a class="button" href="{{ success_url }}">Go back</a></p>
+    <table>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Recipient</th>
+            <th>Status</th>
+        </tr>
+        {% for address, name in recipients %}
+            <tr>
+                <td>{{ address }}{% if name %} ({{ name }}){% endif %}</td>
+                <td id="sending-status-{{ address }}"></td>
+            </tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </table>
+    {% include "control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html" %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_nodes.html b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_nodes.html
index 6c613e65..1cea8bed 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_nodes.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_nodes.html
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@
             </tr>
         {% endfor %}
     </table>
-    {% include "control/fragment_mesh_websocket.html" %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/urls.py b/src/c3nav/control/urls.py
index 17e514d3..8395db22 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/urls.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.urls import path
 
 from c3nav.control.views.mesh import MeshNodeListView, MeshMessageListView, MeshNodeDetailView, MeshMessageSendView, \
-    MeshNodeEditView, MeshLogView
+    MeshNodeEditView, MeshLogView, MeshMessageSendingView
 from c3nav.control.views.mapupdates import map_updates
 from c3nav.control.views.announcements import announcement_list, announcement_detail
 from c3nav.control.views.access import grant_access, grant_access_qr
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('mesh/messages/', MeshMessageListView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_messages'),
     path('mesh/<str:pk>/', MeshNodeDetailView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_node.detail'),
     path('mesh/<str:pk>/edit/', MeshNodeEditView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_node.edit'),
-    path('mesh/<str:recipient>/message/<str:msg_type>/', MeshMessageSendView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_message.send'),
+    path('mesh/message/sending/<uuid:uuid>/', MeshMessageSendingView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_message.sending'),
+    path('mesh/message/<str:recipient>/<str:msg_type>/', MeshMessageSendView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_message.send'),
+    path('mesh/message/<str:msg_type>/', MeshMessageSendView.as_view(), name='control.mesh_message.send'),
     path('', ControlPanelIndexView.as_view(), name='control.index'),
 ]
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py b/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
index 3a99fa1f..c548bc54 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from uuid import uuid4
+
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
 from django.db.models import Max
 from django.http import Http404
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView, FormView, UpdateView, TemplateView
@@ -113,9 +116,39 @@ class MeshMessageSendView(ControlPanelMixin, FormView):
             return self.request.path
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
-        form.send()
-        messages.success(self.request, _('Message sent successfully'))
-        return super().form_valid(form)
+        if 'noscript' in self.request.POST:
+            form.send()
+            messages.success(self.request, _('Message sent successfully(?)'))
+            super().form_valid(form)
+        uuid = uuid4()
+        self.request.session["mesh_msg_%s" % uuid] = {
+            "success_url": self.get_success_url(),
+            "recipients": form.get_recipients(),
+            "msg_data": form.get_msg_data(),
+        }
+        return redirect(reverse('control.mesh_message.sending', kwargs={'uuid': uuid}))
+
+
+class MeshMessageSendingView(ControlPanelMixin, TemplateView):
+    template_name = "control/mesh_message_sending.html"
+
+    def get_context_data(self, uuid):
+        try:
+            data = self.request.session["mesh_msg_%s" % uuid]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise Http404
+        node_names = {
+            node.address: node.name for node in MeshNode.objects.all()
+        }
+        return {
+            **super().get_context_data(),
+            "node_names": node_names,
+            "send_uuid": uuid,
+            **data,
+            "recipients": [(address, node_names[address]) for address in data["recipients"]],
+            "msg_type": MeshMessageType(data["msg_data"]["msg_id"]).name,
+        }
+
 
 class MeshLogView(ControlPanelMixin, TemplateView):
     template_name = "control/mesh_logs.html"
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mesh/consumers.py b/src/c3nav/mesh/consumers.py
index 8dd451ea..0ce46b6c 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mesh/consumers.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mesh/consumers.py
@@ -28,10 +28,19 @@ class MeshConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
             # remove all other destinations
             self.remove_dst_nodes(self.dst_nodes)
 
-    def send_msg(self, msg):
+    def send_msg(self, msg, sender=None):
         # print("sending", msg)
         # self.log_text(msg.dst, "sending %s" % msg)
         self.send(bytes_data=msg.encode())
+        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_send)("mesh_msg_sent", {
+            "type": "mesh.msg_sent",
+            "timestamp": timezone.now().strftime("%d.%m.%y %H:%M:%S.%f"),
+            "channel": self.channel_name,
+            "sender": sender,
+            "uplink": self.uplink_node.address if self.uplink_node else None,
+            "recipient": msg.dst,
+            #"msg": msg.tojson(),  # not doing this part for privacy reasons
+        })
 
     def receive(self, text_data=None, bytes_data=None):
         if bytes_data is None:
@@ -103,15 +112,23 @@ class MeshConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
             self.remove_dst_nodes((data["address"], ))
 
     def mesh_send(self, data):
-        self.send_msg(MeshMessage.fromjson(data["msg"]))
+        print("mesh_send", data)
+        self.send_msg(MeshMessage.fromjson(data["msg"]), data["sender"])
 
     def log_received_message(self, src_node: MeshNode, msg: messages.MeshMessage):
-        # self.log_text(msg.src, "received %s" % msg)
+        as_json = msg.tojson()
+        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_send)("mesh_msg_received", {
+            "type": "mesh.msg_received",
+            "timestamp": timezone.now().strftime("%d.%m.%y %H:%M:%S.%f"),
+            "channel": self.channel_name,
+            "uplink": self.uplink_node.address if self.uplink_node else None,
+            "msg": as_json,
+        })
         NodeMessage.objects.create(
             uplink_node=self.uplink_node,
             src_node=src_node,
             message_type=msg.msg_id,
-            data=msg.tojson()
+            data=as_json,
         )
 
     def log_text(self, address, text):
@@ -196,13 +213,47 @@ class MeshUIConsumer(JsonWebsocketConsumer):
     def connect(self):
         # todo: auth
         self.accept()
+        self.msg_sent_filter = {}
+        self.msg_received_filter = {}
 
     def receive_json(self, content, **kwargs):
         if content.get("subscribe", None) == "log":
             async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)("mesh_log", self.channel_name)
+        if content.get("subscribe", None) == "msg_sent":
+            async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)("mesh_msg_sent", self.channel_name)
+            self.msg_sent_filter = dict(content.get("filter", {}))
+        if content.get("subscribe", None) == "msg_received":
+            async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)("mesh_msg_sent", self.channel_name)
+            self.msg_received_filter = dict(content.get("filter", {}))
+        if "send_msg" in content:
+            msg_to_send = self.scope["session"].pop("mesh_msg_%s" % content["send_msg"], None)
+            if not msg_to_send:
+                return
+            self.scope["session"].save()
+            async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)("mesh_msg_sent", self.channel_name)
+            self.msg_sent_filter = {"sender": self.channel_name}
+            for recipient in msg_to_send["recipients"]:
+                print('send to', recipient)
+                MeshMessage.fromjson({
+                    'dst': recipient,
+                    **msg_to_send["msg_data"],
+                }).send(sender=self.channel_name)
 
     def mesh_log_entry(self, data):
         self.send_json(data)
 
+    def mesh_msg_sent(self, data):
+        print('got data', data)
+        for key, value in self.msg_sent_filter.items():
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                if data.get(key, None) not in value:
+                    return
+            else:
+                if data.get(key, None) != value:
+                    return
+        self.send_json(data)
+
     def disconnect(self, code):
-        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_discard)("mesh_log", self.channel_name)
\ No newline at end of file
+        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_discard)("mesh_log", self.channel_name)
+        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_discard)("mesh_msg_sent", self.channel_name)
+        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_discard)("mesh_msg_received", self.channel_name)
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mesh/forms.py b/src/c3nav/mesh/forms.py
index 15839462..23f0d1e9 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mesh/forms.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mesh/forms.py
@@ -63,17 +63,22 @@ class MeshMessageForm(forms.Form):
         msg_data.pop('recipients', None)
         return msg_data
 
-    def send(self):
+    def get_msg_data(self):
         if not self.is_valid():
             raise Exception('nope')
 
-        msg_data = {
+        return {
             'msg_id': self.msg_type,
             'src': ROOT_ADDRESS,
             **self.get_cleaned_msg_data(),
         }
 
-        recipients = [self.recipient] if self.recipient else self.cleaned_data['recipients']
+    def get_recipients(self):
+        return [self.recipient] if self.recipient else self.cleaned_data['recipients']
+
+    def send(self):
+        msg_data = self.get_msg_data()
+        recipients = self.get_recipients()
         for recipient in recipients:
             print('sending to ', recipient)
             MeshMessage.fromjson({
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mesh/messages.py b/src/c3nav/mesh/messages.py
index f968e79e..e0427df9 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mesh/messages.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mesh/messages.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ PARENT_ADDRESS = '00:00:00:ff:ff:ff'
 BROADCAST_ADDRESS = 'ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff'
 NO_LAYER = 0xFF
 
-
 @unique
 class MeshMessageType(IntEnum):
     NOOP = 0x00
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ class MeshMessage:
         kwargs = data.copy()
         klass = cls.msg_types[kwargs.pop('msg_id')]
         kwargs = klass.upgrade_json(kwargs)
-        names = set(field.name for field in fields(klass))
         for field_ in fields(klass):
             if is_dataclass(field_.type):
                 kwargs[field_.name] = field_.type.fromjson(kwargs[field_.name])
@@ -104,9 +102,10 @@ class MeshMessage:
     def upgrade_json(cls, data):
         return data
 
-    def send(self):
+    def send(self, sender=None):
         async_to_sync(channels.layers.get_channel_layer().group_send)(get_mesh_comm_group(self.dst), {
             "type": "mesh.send",
+            "sender": sender,
             "msg": self.tojson()
         })