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Which command reports latency and packet loss at each hop between you and a destination?

pathping combines ping and tracert and measures loss at each hop.

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  1. nslookup
  2. pathping ✔
  3. netstat

Why: pathping sends many echo requests to every router along the path over time and then computes results. That shows which hop is losing packets or adding delay.

Huh, didn't know that: By default pathping waits 250 milliseconds between consecutive pings.

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Answer: pathping. pathping sends many echo requests to every router along the path over time and then computes results. That shows which hop is losing packets or adding delay.

  1. pathping command reference, Microsoft Learn learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/pathping
    Provides information about network latency and network loss at intermediate hops between a source and destination.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. pathping command reference, Microsoft Learn learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/pathping
    Specifies the number of milliseconds to wait between consecutive pings. The default is 250 milliseconds
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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