PathPing


The PathPing command is a command-line network utility supplied in Windows 2000 and beyond that combines the functionality of ping with that of tracert. It is used to locate spots that have network latency and network loss.

Overview

The command provides details of the path between two hosts 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. The disadvantage is that it takes a total of 25 seconds per hop to show the ping statistics.

Syntax

The command-syntax is:
pathping

target_name
Options:

>pathping wikipedia.org
Tracing route to wikipedia.com
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 simonslaptop
1 192.168.0.1
2 thus1-hg2.ilford.broadband.bt.net
3 217.32.64.34
4 217.32.64.110
5 anchor-border-1-4-0-2-191.router.demon.net
6 anchor-core-2-g0-0-1.router.demon.net
7 ny1-border-1-a1-0-s2.router.demon.net
8 ge-8-0-153.ipcolo1.NewYork1.Level3.net
9 ae-0-51.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net
10 so-2-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net
11 ge-6-0.hsa2.Tampa1.Level3.net
12 unknown.Level3.net
13
Computing statistics for 325 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 simonslaptop
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
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
0/ 100 = 0% |
6 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% anchor-core-2-g0-0-1.router.demon.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
7 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% ny1-border-1-a1-0-s2.router.demon.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
8 100ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ge-8-0-153.ipcolo1.NewYork1.Level3.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
9 94ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ae-0-51.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 134ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% so-2-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 137ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ge-6-0.hsa2.Tampa1.Level3.net
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% unknown.Level3.net
100/ 100 =100% |
13 --- 100/ 100 =100% 0/ 100 = 0% win2000
Trace complete.

>pathping wikipedia.org -q 10
Tracing route to wikipedia.org
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 Aaron.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
1 air.setup
2 73.127.68.1
3 ge-1-38-ur01.minnetonka.mn.minn.comcast.net
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
10 * ggr2.cgcil.ip.att.net
11 ar1-a3120s2.wswdc.ip.att.net
12 66.192.247.163
13 ge8-13.csw5-pmtpa.wikimedia.org
14 * rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org
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.
0/ 10 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% air.setup
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
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
0/ 10 = 0% |
10 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% ggr2.cgcil.ip.att.net
0/ 10 = 0% |
11 --- 10/ 10 =100% 10/ 10 =100% ar1-a3120s2.wswdc.ip.att.net
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
0/ 10 = 0% |
14 63ms 0/ 10 = 0% 0/ 10 = 0% rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org
Trace complete.

>pathping wikipedia.org -n
Tracing route to wikipedia-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 192.168.1.102
1 192.168.1.1
2 10.202.181.110
3 10.202.182.109
4 10.202.181.153
5 10.202.181.49
6 212.72.4.97
7 82.178.32.102
8 63.218.109.117
9 63.218.44.38
10 206.111.0.249
11 216.156.8.189
12 * * *
Computing statistics for 275 seconds...