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Difficulty: MediumWindows Client Networking Configuration

A desktop support technician is setting up a Windows 11 laptop for a roaming employee. The employee connects to a laboratory network that has no DHCP server and requires a static IP address of 192.168.4.50192.168.4.50, but also needs to connect to client sites that use dynamic DHCP addressing. Which TCP/IPv4 configuration property should the technician configure so the laptop automatically uses the static IP address only when a DHCP server is unavailable?

  1. User-configured Alternate IP address settings within IPv4 propertiesAnswer
  2. B
    The /fallback switch parameter using the netsh interface ipv4 command-line tool
  3. C
    APIPA addressing parameters inside the Network & Internet applet in Settings
  4. D
    Domain Join policy settings to force static addressing on non-domain networks

Answer

Configure the User-configured Alternate IP address settings within the TCP/IPv4 properties.
The Alternate Configuration tab in TCP/IPv4 properties allows a Windows client configured for DHCP to automatically fall back to a specific static IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS settings whenever a DHCP server cannot be reached.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the network requirements for the roaming client.
The client requires DHCP when available, but must fall back to a specific static IP (192.168.4.50192.168.4.50) when no DHCP server responds.
Standard DHCP clients assign an automatic APIPA address (169.254.x.x169.254.x.x) when DHCP fails, which would not allow communication on the 192.168.4.0/24192.168.4.0/24 subnet.
2
Locate the Windows network client feature designed for dual static/dynamic behavior.
The Alternate Configuration tab within TCP/IPv4 properties provides option settings for 'User-configured' static IP parameters.
This built-in Windows network setting automatically activates specified static IP details only after DHCP attempts time out.

Key Concept

Windows Client Alternate IP Configuration (TCP/IPv4)
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Windows Client Networking Configuration

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