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On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Jessica Yu wrote: > >> Just curious, what is the size of the config file on your box? > > > >It is not very large 169 lines on rt3.ATL. The size of the the gated file > >should not slow down the router. On rt2.DCA (or MAE-East router) the > >config is 458 lines and it takes the same time to load. > > Unless you have other data to support, the fact that a box takes > almost the same amount of time to load a 458 line config as > a 169 liner does not at all lead to your conclusion above. > Try to load a config file of size in MGs and see if it increases > the loading period. > > (BTW, in case you wonder, there are providers who have such large > configuration files running on routers.) Ah, I would like to see that. The largest gated file we have had was a little over 2000 lines. There are many things you can do to make the file smaller. I find it hard to beleave you can have a gated file longer then a few thousands lines that can not be compressed. Nathan Stratton President, CTO, NetRail,Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phone (888)NetRail NetRail, Inc. Fax (404)522-1939 230 Peachtree Suite 500 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Atlanta, GA 30303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. - Psalm 33:16
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