Fred desires to locate the source of network latency between his computer and a remote server. Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for identifying the route taken and which systems are responding slowly?

pathping merges the features of both ping and traceroute, allowing for the identification of both the route taken and where latency issues arise. It is a native component of Windows and can be utilized for precisely the type of troubleshooting that Fred wishes to perform. Although Fred could use both ping and traceroute to accomplish the task, he would have to spend more time employing each tool individually to obtain the same information that pathping provides in a single interface. While netcat is helpful for many tasks, it is not as well-suited to this specific task.