Advanced Route Diagnostics
The pathping command combines ping and tracert to show where connection problems happen. It's like tracert but gives you way more detailed stats about each stop along the way.
It first traces the route (like tracert), then spends time pinging each hop to calculate packet loss and latency statistics. This helps you pinpoint exactly which router or connection is causing problems.
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Get detailed statistics about packet loss on each hop.
Diagnose problems that only happen sometimes (packet loss).
Monitor response times over an extended period (takes time).
Assess overall network path quality and reliability.
pathping google.com Detailed analysis of route to Google with packet loss stats.
pathping -n google.com Skip DNS resolution for faster results (shows IPs only).
pathping -h 20 google.com Limit analysis to maximum of 20 hops.
pathping -q 50 google.com Send 50 queries per hop (default is 100) for faster results.
pathping 8.8.8.8 Analyze path to Google DNS server with full statistics.
Practice pathping commands in the interactive terminal below: