Question

An employee complains that a Windows PC cannot connect to the Internet. A network technician issues the ipconfig command on the PC and is shown an IP address of 169.254.10.3. Which two conclusions can be drawn? (Choose two.)


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The PC cannot contact a DHCP server.

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The enterprise network is misconfigured for dynamic routing.

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The default gateway address is not configured.

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The DNS server address is misconfigured.

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The PC is configured to obtain an IP address automatically.

Answer 1

The following two conclusions can be drawn from the scenario provided:

1. **The PC cannot contact a DHCP server.**
- An IP address in the range of 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 indicates that the PC is using APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing), which is automatically assigned when a device cannot obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.

2. **The PC is configured to obtain an IP address automatically.**
- Since the PC has a 169.254.x.x address, it indicates that it was set to obtain an IP address automatically but was unable to contact the DHCP server to get a valid IP address.

The other options do not directly relate to the information provided in the scenario.