Which of the following Windows tools do you use to display the route taken to reach a networking destination?

The tool that is used to display the route taken to reach a networking destination is tracert. This command-line utility tracks the route that packets take from the source to the destination through the network. It provides valuable information about each hop along the way, including the time it takes for the packets to travel between routers, which can help diagnose network issues or determine the path data takes through the network.

Tracert works by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request messages to the destination and scheduling each packet to expire at increasing time-to-live (TTL) values. This way, it can identify each router along the route as the packets are forwarded, making it an essential tool for network troubleshooting and analysis.

The other options serve different purposes: ipconfig is used for viewing and managing the network configuration of the local machine, netstat displays active connections and network statistics, and nslookup is utilized to query Domain Name System (DNS) records. While these tools provide important networking information, they do not specifically trace the path that packets take through the network, which is the primary function of tracert.