Editing PathPing (section)

{{Short description|Windows command-line network utility}}
{{Infobox software 
| name                   = PathPing
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = Pathping screenshot.png
| screenshot size        = 
| caption                = The PathPing command
| developer              = [[Microsoft]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|2000|02|17}}
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = 
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre                  = [[Command (computing)|Command]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website                = {{URL|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/pathping}}
}}
The <code>'''PathPing'''</code> [[command (computing)|command]] is a [[command-line interface|command-line]] [[network utility]] included in [[Windows NT]] [[operating system]]s since [[Windows 2000]] that combines the functionality of [[ping (networking utility)|ping]] with that of [[traceroute|tracert]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160 |title=PathPing |publisher=Microsoft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225205353/https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/cnet/cnbd_trb_vxmb.mspx?mfr=true |archive-date=2009-02-25}}</ref> It is used to locate spots that have [[network latency]] and network loss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerhope.com/pathping.htm|title = MS-DOS and Windows command line pathping command}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://techgenix.com/Using-Pathping/|title=Using Pathping|date=23 August 2005}}</ref>