A device for tracking message packets at a node of a network, the device comprising: one or more processors ; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions , which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: receive, at the device a message packet, the message packet having a packet ID value and a source address value; locate a record in a flash memory location of the device, the record having a start ID field, address field, and a sequence field, wherein the value of the address field corresponds to the source address value of the message packet and the start ID field indicates the lowest value of the packet ID tracked by the record; and track the receipt of the message packet using the sequence field of the record, wherein a plurality of bits in the sequence field tracks the packet ID value by mapping the packet ID value to one bit of a sequence field of the record in the flash memory location of the device, and each bit of the sequence field of the record is used to track a different packet ID value, wherein during updating for each message packet a bit of the sequence field is flipped from an initialized value of one to a received value of zero. one or more processors ; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions , which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: receive, at the device a message packet, the message packet having a packet ID value and a source address value; locate a record in a flash memory location of the device, the record having a start ID field, address field, and a sequence field, wherein the value of the address field corresponds to the source address value of the message packet and the start ID field indicates the lowest value of the packet ID tracked by the record; and track the receipt of the message packet using the sequence field of the record, wherein a plurality of bits in the sequence field tracks the packet ID value by mapping the packet ID value to one bit of a sequence field of the record in the flash memory location of the device, and each bit of the sequence field of the record is used to track a different packet ID value, wherein during updating for each message packet a bit of the sequence field is flipped from an initialized value of one to a received value of zero. receive, at the device a message packet, the message packet having a packet ID value and a source address value; locate a record in a flash memory location of the device, the record having a start ID field, address field, and a sequence field, wherein the value of the address field corresponds to the source address value of the message packet and the start ID field indicates the lowest value of the packet ID tracked by the record; and track the receipt of the message packet using the sequence field of the record, wherein a plurality of bits in the sequence field tracks the packet ID value by mapping the packet ID value to one bit of a sequence field of the record in the flash memory location of the device, and each bit of the sequence field of the record is used to track a different packet ID value, wherein during updating for each message packet a bit of the sequence field is flipped from an initialized value of one to a received value of zero. <EOS>