I suggest you first build userland applications that emulate the kernel's networking behavior that affects your protocol. Build and test your protocol in userland on top of that environment, and once you are happy with it, plug it into the kernel.
For example, you could use ns-2: http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/
Lars -- Lars Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> USC Information Sciences Institute
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