31.07.2025

How to Use WinMTR to Diagnose Network Issues on Windows Server 2019

WinMTR is a powerful diagnostic tool that combines the ease of a graphical user interface with the advanced capabilities of traditional command-line utilities like ping and traceroute. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to use WinMTR to analyze network connectivity on Windows Server 2019.

Download WinMTR first. To do this, follow the link https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmtr/ and click the “Download” button.

Unpack the downloaded archive to a convenient location, open the folder and run WinMTR.exe from the folder with the bitness corresponding to your operating system. For Windows Server 2019, this is x64. Accordingly, we will use a file from the WinMTR_x64 folder.

For a simple diagnostic of the network connection to a remote host, just enter its IP address or domain name in the Host field, and then click Start. All parameters can be left at default.

After that, you will see how WinMTR sends requests every second and which hosts network packets pass along the way. For better accuracy, we recommend waiting 1-2 minutes for some statistics to accumulate. Results can be sent to a technician or support team for analysis. For the convenience of exporting, there are buttons that allow both copying data and creating a text or html document.

Screenshot 1. Diagnosing Network Connection Using WinMTR on Windows Server 2019

Explanation of column names:

  • Hostname - the name of the intermediate host. If you uncheck the “Resolve names” checkbox in the settings, then only the IP addresses of the nodes will be displayed.
  • Nr - the number of the host in the route.
  • Loss% - the ratio of lost and sent packets as a percentage.
  • Sent - the number of sent packets.
  • Recv - the number of responses received.
  • Best - shortest response time after sending the request.
  • Avrg - average response time after sending the request.
  • Worst - longest response time after sending the request.
  • Last - response time after sending the last request.

Conclusion

WinMTR is a simple yet powerful tool for diagnosing network connectivity issues on Windows Server 2019. By combining the functionality of classic command-line utilities like ping and traceroute with an intuitive graphical interface, WinMTR makes it easy to detect packet loss, latency spikes, and routing problems. Whether you're troubleshooting internally or preparing a report for technical support, this tool provides clear and actionable data to help identify and resolve network issues efficiently.

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