Which of the following are the BEST tools to test connectivity between two hosts? (Select TWO).

Netstat displays active network connections, routing tables, and network interface statistics, which is useful for verifying local connections but not for testing end-to-end connectivity between two distinct hosts across a network.

Nslookup is used for querying DNS servers to resolve hostnames to IP addresses, which is related to name resolution, not direct network path connectivity testing.

Ipconfig (or ifconfig on Linux) displays current TCP/IP network configuration values for local interfaces, which helps verify a host's own network setup but does not test connectivity to another host.

Traceroute (or tracert on Windows) shows the path (hops) that packets take to reach a destination and the round-trip time for each hop, helping identify where connectivity is breaking or slowing down.

Pathping combines the functionality of ping and traceroute, providing statistics on latency and packet loss for each hop along the path to a destination, making it excellent for diagnosing intermittent connectivity issues.