PathPing is a network utility supplied in Windows NT

Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...

 and beyond that combines the functionality of ping

Ping

Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer...

 with that of tracert

Traceroute

traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol network. Traceroute is available on most operating systems....

.

It provides details of the path between two hosts

Computer

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

 and Ping-like statistics for each node in the path based on samples taken over a time period, depending on how many nodes are between the start and end host.

The advantages of PathPing over ping and traceroute are that each node is pinged as the result of a single command, and that the behavior of nodes is studied over an extended time period, rather than the default ping sample of four messages or default traceroute single route trace.

Usage

C:\Documents and Settings\User>ver

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

C:\Documents and Settings\User>pathping

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

Options:
-g host-list Loose source route along host-list.
-h maximum_hops Maximum number of hops to search for target.
-i address Use the specified source address.
-n Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
-p period Wait period milliseconds between pings.
-q num_queries Number of queries per hop.
-w timeout Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.
-P Test for RSVP PATH connectivity.
-R Test if each hop is RSVP aware.
-T Test connectivity to each hop with Layer-2 priority tags.
-4 Force using IPv4.
-6 Force using IPv6.

Sample

The following is the output of the command pathping wikipedia.com:

Tracing route to wikipedia.com [207.142.131.235]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 simonslaptop [192.168.0.11]
1 192.168.0.1
2 thus1-hg2.ilford.broadband.bt.net [217.32.64.73]
3 217.32.64.34
4 217.32.64.110
5 anchor-border-1-4-0-2-191.router.demon.net [212.240.162.126]
6 anchor-core-2-g0-0-1.router.demon.net [194.70.98.29]
7 ny1-border-1-a1-0-s2.router.demon.net [194.70.97.66]
8 ge-8-0-153.ipcolo1.NewYork1.Level3.net [209.246.123.177]
9 ae-0-51.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [64.159.17.1]
10 so-2-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net [209.247.11.201]
11 ge-6-0.hsa2.Tampa1.Level3.net [64.159.1.10]
12 unknown.Level3.net [63.208.24.2]
13

Computing statistics for 325 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 simonslaptop [192.168.0.11]
0/ 100 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 192.168.0.1
0/ 100 = 0% |
2 18ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% thus1-hg2.ilford.broadband.bt.net [217.32.64.73]
0/ 100 = 0% |
3 18ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 217.32.64.34
0/ 100 = 0% |
4 21ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 217.32.64.110
0/ 100 = 0% |
5 21ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% anchor-border-1-4-0-2-191.router.demon.net [212.240.162.126]
0/ 100 = 0% |
6 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% anchor-core-2-g0-0-1.router.demon.net [194.70.98.29]
0/ 100 = 0% |
7 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% ny1-border-1-a1-0-s2.router.demon.net [194.70.97.66]
0/ 100 = 0% |
8 100ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ge-8-0-153.ipcolo1.NewYork1.Level3.net [209.246.123.177]
0/ 100 = 0% |
9 94ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ae-0-51.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [64.159.17.1]
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 134ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% so-2-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net [209.247.11.201]
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 137ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ge-6-0.hsa2.Tampa1.Level3.net [64.159.1.10]
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% unknown.Level3.net [63.208.24.2]
100/ 100 =100% |
13 --- 100/ 100 =100% 0/ 100 = 0% win2000 [0.0.0.0]

Trace complete.

The following is the output of the command pathping wikipedia.org -q 10; note the shorter wait with only 10 queries per hop instead of the default 100:

Tracing route to wikipedia.org [66.230.200.100]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 Aaron.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [192.168.11.3]
1 air.setup [192.168.11.1]
2 73.127.68.1
3 ge-1-38-ur01.minnetonka.mn.minn.comcast.net [68.86.234.41]
4 68.86.232.37
5 68.86.232.33
6 * 68.86.232.5
7 68.86.232.1
8 12.116.99.41
9 tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.99.70]
10 * ggr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.69]
11 ar1-a3120s2.wswdc.ip.att.net [192.205.34.6]
12 66.192.247.163
13 ge8-13.csw5-pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.193.50.242]
14 * rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.230.200.100]

Computing statistics for 35 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 Aaron.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [192.168.11.3]
0/ 10 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% air.setup [192.168.11.1]
0/ 10 = 0% |
2 8ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 73.127.68.1
0/ 10 = 0% |
3 8ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% ge-1-38-ur01.minnetonka.mn.minn.comcast.net [68.86.234.41]
0/ 10 = 0% |
4 9ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 68.86.232.37
0/ 10 = 0% |
5 8ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 68.86.232.33
0/ 10 = 0% |
6 12ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 68.86.232.5
0/ 10 = 0% |
7 8ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 68.86.232.1
0/ 10 = 0% |
8 20ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% 12.116.99.41
0/ 10 = 0% |
9 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.99.70]
0/ 10 = 0% |
10 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% ggr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.69]
0/ 10 = 0% |
11 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% ar1-a3120s2.wswdc.ip.att.net [192.205.34.6]
0/ 10 = 0% |
12 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% 66.192.247.163
0/ 10 = 0% |
13 63ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% ge8-13.csw5-pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.193.50.242]
0/ 10 = 0% |
14 63ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.230.200.100]

Trace complete.

See also

• ping
  Ping
  Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer...
  
  
• traceroute
  Traceroute
  traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol network. Traceroute is available on most operating systems....
  
  
• MTR (software) - computer software
  Computer software
  Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
  
   which combines the functionality of the traceroute
  Traceroute
  traceroute is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol network. Traceroute is available on most operating systems....
  
   and ping
  Ping
  Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer...
  
   programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
• layer four traceroute, a more modern traceroute (IP network tracing) implementation that supports a multitude of layer-4 protocols

External links

• Microsoft PathPing - Information about the PathPing tool (microsoft.com)
• WinMTR
• TraceRoute and PathPing for Windows