A help desk technician plugged in a users new computer to a network port. After a few minutes, the computer showed an APIPA address. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason this happened?
A.
The WLAN is disabling the NIC card.
B.
The network cable is not attached.
C.
The PC is unable to contact a DHCP server.
Most Votes
D.
The DHCP server is using addresses in the range of 169.254.254.1.
Answer:
c
User Votes:
A
50%
B 2 votes
50%
C 11 votes
50%
D 2 votes
50%
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simon2k
1 year, 3 months ago
B. The network cable is not attached.
ikhu
11 months, 2 weeks ago
C. PC is unable to contact DHCP server
ikhu
11 months, 2 weeks ago
D DHCP server is using address in the range 169.254.254.1
fatouwest
8 months, 2 weeks ago
he PC is unable to contact a DHCP server
Peculiar
3 weeks ago
The REASON is because it could not connect to the DHCP server. so it assigned itself a private IP address. The APIPA address is allocated to the computer cause it can not provide a DHCP standard IP address.
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B. The network cable is not attached.
C. PC is unable to contact DHCP server
D DHCP server is using address in the range 169.254.254.1
he PC is unable to contact a DHCP server
The REASON is because it could not connect to the DHCP server. so it assigned itself a private IP address. The APIPA address is allocated to the computer cause it can not provide a DHCP standard IP address.