here are some resource may help, though it's about xna, but the theory behind is same:
1. http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/blogindex.html
scroll down to see the networking part talk about network latency and package lost
2.http://creators.xna.com/downloads/?id=107
this is the ms xna network prediction sample,you may not be able to run the sample without installing xna framework, but the document in it is interesting