Where a ping command only test the network connection between the source (your computer) and the destination, Pathping will test the connection to each hop between it. When you run a Pathping, it will first trace the route to the destination and then performs a ping to each node in between it.

Pathping helps you visualize the detailed path your data packets take, complete with latency and packet loss information, making it a handy tool for fixing routing issues and analyzing internet traffic. The pathping command syntax is simple: type pathping followed by the IP address or domain name of the remote device you want to trace.

PathPing performs a route-tracing operation similar to traceroute. It sends a series of packets with incrementally increasing Time-To-Live (TTL) values, which helps identify each router (hop) along the path to the destination. Packet sending to each hop.

Pathping sends packets to each router on its path to destination and then calculates results based on the packet returned from each hop. This way, it becomes easy to understand where the lost packets occur and pin-point the location of the problem.