<s>
The	O
PathPing	B-Protocol
command	B-Application
is	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
network	B-Application
utility	I-Application
included	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
since	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
that	O
combines	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
ping	B-Protocol
with	O
that	O
of	O
tracert	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
locate	O
spots	O
that	O
have	O
network	B-Protocol
latency	I-Protocol
and	O
network	O
loss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
provides	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
path	O
between	O
two	O
hosts	O
and	O
ping-like	O
statistics	O
for	O
each	O
node	O
in	O
the	O
path	O
based	O
on	O
samples	O
taken	O
over	O
a	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
how	O
many	O
nodes	O
are	O
between	O
the	O
start	O
and	O
end	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantages	O
of	O
PathPing	B-Protocol
over	O
ping	B-Protocol
and	O
traceroute	B-Protocol
are	O
that	O
each	O
node	O
is	O
pinged	O
as	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
command	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
nodes	O
is	O
studied	O
over	O
an	O
extended	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
default	O
ping	B-Protocol
sample	O
of	O
four	O
messages	O
or	O
default	O
traceroute	B-Protocol
single	O
route	O
trace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disadvantage	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
takes	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
25	O
seconds	O
per	O
hop	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
ping	B-Protocol
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command-syntax	O
is	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
-p	O
period	O
Wait	O
period	O
milliseconds	O
between	O
pings	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
