Since most of the new people that I run into on 44Net do not have the same or better networking background that some of us have, a compelling need coupled with an explanatory story should be the approach with these newbies. A step-by-step primer needs to be provided and people to step up as the mentors for their regions should be the way forward. Just stating that they are wrong, that things are easier if only they do it this way and then leave them to their own devices is not conducive to building up the ranks of networking savvy colleagues. We will all get older and die off before we get any to replace us if we keep going in this direction.
On 7/20/2019 3:40 PM, Rob Janssen via 44Net wrote:
Well, I think there are enough examples of how to do it (also already doing it within AMPRnet), lots of people who can contribute knowledge and will volunteer to help, the only thing we lack here in this group is someone (with the appropriate authority) who says "Lets' do that!" and gets everyone moving.
That is why these discussions usually go on for a couple of days here, then die out, and nothing ever changes. We are still running the same system as 25 years ago, with only the addition of RIP auto route distribution.
This gets worse over time, as those who would like to change things see this and leave, and in the end we only have a number of old hats left who don't change anything. That does not improve our reputation... sometimes newcomers ask "why do we use that method when it is so difficult to implement and it can all be done so much easier", and the only response can be "don't ask...".
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