Lara works as a system administrator in a small start-up. The computers in her office are configured to use dynamic IP configuration. One day, the computers had intermittent Internet access, and as the administrator, she was trying to troubleshoot the issue. While the computers could not access the Internet, they were able to communicate with each another. Upon investigating, it was noted that the computers were connected to the 169.274.0.0/16 network.
What do you think caused the connectivity issue?
A) The default gateway configured was incorrect.
B) The computers were sending requests to the wrong DNS server.
C) The IP addresses uses by the computers were manually entered.
D) The computers could not contact the DHCP server.

Question

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The 169.254.0.0/16 network is used for Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA). When a computer is configured to obtain an IP address automatically and it cannot contact a DHCP server, it will auto-assign itself an IP address from this range, indicating that the computers could not contact the DHCP server.

Lara Works as a System Administrator in a Small Start-Up