The path varies because of the way that the Internet
works. However, if you keep noticing the same host every time you issue the PathPing command
and it??™s not your ISP, then you might have a problem (or it could simply be random chance).
The point is that PathPing can help you understand trends and see potential problems, but
don??™t depend on it as a precise tool that will display a blinking error message telling you something
is wrong.
Checking Connections with the PING Utility
The Packet Internet Groper (PING) utility helps you diagnose problems on your network by sending
a series of messages of a specific length from one computer to the other. You can vary a number
of the PING utility features to produce specific results. In addition, you can use it to see a number
of difficult to find problems, such as messages that end up going through too many intermediaries
to reach a destination. This utility uses the following syntax:
ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS]
[-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]]
[-w timeout] [-R] [-S srcaddr] [-4] [-6] target_name
The following list describes each of the command line arguments.
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