I had some problems with the insertion process just like you, so here is the code how I have solved the problem:
void add_by_position(int data, int pos)
{
link *node = new link;
link *linker = head;
node->data = data;
for (int i = 0; i < pos; i++){
linker = linker->next;
}
node->next = linker;
linker = head;
for (int i = 0; i < pos - 1; i++){
linker = linker->next;
}
linker->next = node;
boundaries++;
}