At 04:55 PM 11/24/01 +0000, you wrote:
>At 11/24/2001 10:54 AM -0500, you wrote:
>>As many will attest, I've helped a lot of people out on this list.
>
>I'll attest. Jason is a good guy.

I wrote him off-list and told him as much.

>>What's my problem with Ben's (many) requests for help?  He never seems to 
>>make
>>any progress, he doesn't seem to respond to requests for information
>>(like the 3 times I asked him to post a network diagram describing what
>>he's trying to do, completely with IP addresses, interface names, etc.)
>
>Those things did eventually get posted. However, Ben does do too much 
>literal following of instructions and not enough "understanding the 
>concepts *then* developing your own solution" troubleshooting. Hence, he 
>does not progress very quickly and is difficult to help.

Thanks for the insight! Yes, I would have to say, in retrospect, that's the 
truth.

>Still, we all have our own approaches to life; I have several friends who 
>work like Ben and they take a while to get it. But once they get it, they 
>*got* it for life and work to help others. So I'm glad to keep trying.

'preciate it.
BenO
P.S. I will work diligently in continuing to do my homework after I install 
RH72 and give it another whirl.




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