packet loss is generally reported using the ping command...
ping anywebaddress.com or ip
The results should show up generally along these lines:
Code:
Pinging www.apple.com [17.254.0.91] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 17.254.0.91: Bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=46
Packet loss is reported in the results as a percentage. So if/when I ping I generally ping with 25 packets just to get a decent percentage.
As before, there are additional options on the ping command.
ping www.google.com -t would continually ping google until you interrupt the process.
ping www.google.com -n 7 would ping google 7 times.
ping www.google.com -l 1024 would ping google with packets 1024 bytes in size. Default is 32 if I remember right and 8192 is the max.
enjoy.