A workstation on a corporate network is unable to connect to local network resources or access the internet. A technician executes `ipconfig /all` on the workstation and observes an IPv4 address of with a subnet mask of . Which of the following is the most likely cause of this connectivity issue?
- The workstation failed to obtain an IP lease from a DHCP server and assigned itself an Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address.Cevap
- BThe workstation's default gateway IP address resides on an incorrect subnet, blocking external communication.
- CThe network administrator configured a subnet mask that includes the network broadcast address as a usable host address.
- DThe local DHCP relay agent was improperly enabled on the central server interface rather than the client gateway subinterface.
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The workstation failed to contact a DHCP server to acquire an IP address lease, resulting in the self-assignment of an Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address.
An IP address starting with (specifically in the range) is an Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA). Operating systems assign an APIPA address when a DHCP client is unable to contact a DHCP server to obtain an IP address lease. Because APIPA addresses are non-routable, the host cannot communicate beyond its local layer 2 segment.
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Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) Diagnosis