Similar to the tracert command, pathping allows users to locate spots that have network latency and network loss.

Availability

Pathping is an external command available for the following Microsoft operating systems as pathping.exe.

  • Availability

  • Pathping syntax

  • Pathping examples

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11

Pathping syntax

Windows 10 and Windows 11 syntax

Usage:

  • Windows 10 and Windows 11 syntax.
  • Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 syntax.
  • Windows 2000 syntax.

pathping [-g host-list] [-h maximum_hops] [-i address] [-n] [-p period] [-q num_queries] [-w timeout] [-4] [-6] target_name

Options:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 syntax

pathping [-g host-list] [-h maximum_hops] [-i address] [-n] [-p period] [-q num_queries] [-w timeout] [-P] [-R] [-T] [-4] [-6] target_name

Windows 2000 syntax

pathping [-n] [-h maximum_hops] [-g host-list] [-p period] [-q num_queries] [-w timeout] [-t] [-R] [-r] target_name

Pathping examples

pathping computerhope.com

Tracing route to computerhope.com [2400:cb00:2048:1::6814:3876] over a maximum of 30 hops: 0 Hope-PC.hsd1.ut.comcast.net [2601:681:8380:1830:b5b4:6583:4660:1898] 1 2601:681:8380:1830:2e95:69ff:fe9b:3739 2 2001:558:4072:9::1 3 po-104-rur01.sandy.ut.utah.comcast.net [2001:558:102:2060::1] 4 2001:558:fe0b:a::a 5 2400:cb00:2048:1::6814:3876 Computing statistics for 125 seconds… Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 0 Hope-PC [192.168.120.101] 0/ 100 = 0% | 1 1ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2601:681:8380:1830:2e95:69ff:fe9b:3739 0/ 100 = 0% | 2 — 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 2001:558:4072:9::1 0/ 100 = 0% | 3 7ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sandy.ut.utah.comcast.net 0/ 100 = 0% | 4 8ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2001:558:fe0b:a::a 0/ 100 = 0% | 5 8ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2400:cb00:2048:1::6814:3876 Trace complete.

In the pathping example output above, there are a total of five hops that take a total of 8ms. Each of the addresses listed are the computers or routers on each of the hops.

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