This command is similar to traceroute, but shows even more statistics about each hop.

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This command is similar to traceroute, but shows even more statistics about each hop.

Pathping is the tool that combines traceroute’s path discovery with detailed per-hop statistics. It first maps the route to a destination, then probes each router along that path over time to gather data such as per-hop latency and packet loss. This lets you pinpoint where problems occur—whether on a specific link or at a particular hop—not just the overall end-to-end delay. Other options don’t provide this full per-hop statistical view: ping checks reachability and latency to a single host; traceroute shows the path and RTTs to each hop but lacks the deeper per-hop loss statistics; nslookup is for DNS lookups. Pathping gives the combined, more informative picture.

Pathping is the tool that combines traceroute’s path discovery with detailed per-hop statistics. It first maps the route to a destination, then probes each router along that path over time to gather data such as per-hop latency and packet loss. This lets you pinpoint where problems occur—whether on a specific link or at a particular hop—not just the overall end-to-end delay. Other options don’t provide this full per-hop statistical view: ping checks reachability and latency to a single host; traceroute shows the path and RTTs to each hop but lacks the deeper per-hop loss statistics; nslookup is for DNS lookups. Pathping gives the combined, more informative picture.

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