I’m a beginner here and having problems with timeouts, the box seems to be down more than it is up. From the scanned ports, not found any way to use the lowest, found the interface on the highest and have had some success with the service on the second highest port found, but not got a user or root shell yet. Timeouts are killing my progress, not sure if things I am trying are not working or just timing out. I am reluctant as a noob to reset the box or try anything that will change it for those coming after me.
Does becoming a vip improve the situation with timeouts? I’m considering it anyway for the walk throughs.