Only the address space for two of 512 areas is shown in Table A-1. These areas are defined with the base address 150.100.2.0. Illustrating the entire address space for 150.100.0.0 would require hundreds of additional pages of addressing information. Each area would require the equivalent number of entries for each of the example areas illustrated here. Table A-1 illustrates the assignment of 255 IP addresses that have been split between two OSPFareas. Table A-1 also illustrates the boundaries of the subnets and of the two OSPF areas shown(area 8 and area 17). For the purposes of this discussion, consider a network that requires point-to-point serial links in each area to be assigned a subnet mask that allows two hosts per subnet. All other subnets are to be allowed 14 hosts per subnet. The use of bit-wise subnetting and variable-length subnet masks (VLSMs) permit you to customize your address space by facilitating the division of address spaces into smaller...