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address space), but you would run in<strong>to</strong> a small issue regarding <strong>the</strong><br />

point-<strong>to</strong>-point links. These would have been made using <strong>the</strong><br />

remaining three subnets, which would have depleted any reserved<br />

address space you could have used for dial-in or fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>network</strong><br />

expansion (not <strong>to</strong> mention that it would have been a waste of 180 host<br />

addresses).<br />

By using VLSM <strong>to</strong> allocate <strong>the</strong> address space, you use <strong>the</strong> address<br />

space more efficiently and gain <strong>the</strong> ability <strong>to</strong> summarize <strong>the</strong> routes in<br />

your routing table. Because this <strong>network</strong> is small and you are using<br />

shared E<strong>the</strong>rnet, <strong>the</strong> additional <strong>network</strong> load that would be created by<br />

a dynamic routing pro<strong>to</strong>col might not be desirable. The ability <strong>to</strong> use<br />

summarized routes means a shorter routing table, resulting in faster<br />

route lookups. Table 8.2 and Table 8.3 show <strong>the</strong> route tables from<br />

Routers A and B.<br />

Table 8.2. Routing Table from Router A<br />

Network Netmask Gateway<br />

17.0 /26 Direct<br />

17.64 /26 Direct<br />

19.72 /30 Direct<br />

19.0 /26 17.129<br />

19.74<br />

19.64 /29 17.129<br />

19.74<br />

18.0 /24 17.129<br />

19.74<br />

17.129 /25 17.12<br />

19.74<br />

Table 8.3. Routing Table from Router B<br />

Network Netmask Gateway<br />

17.0 /26 Direct<br />

17.128 /26 Direct<br />

19.64 /26 Direct<br />

17.192 /26 17.1

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