Your host cannot reach remote networks. Based on the output, what’s the problem?

Question

C:\Users\Server1>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix .: localdomain
Link-local IPv6 Address ........: fe80::7723:76a2:e73c:2acb%11
IPv4 Address ...................: 172.16.20.254
Subnet Mask ....................: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway ................: 172.16.2.1
Group of answer choices

The link-local IPv6 address is wrong.

The IPv6 global address is missing.

The IPv4 address and the default gateway are not on the same segment.

There is no DNS server configuration.

Answer 1

Based on the output provided from the ipconfig command, the issue is likely:

The IPv4 address and the default gateway are not on the same segment.

Here's the explanation:

• The IPv4 address is 172.16.20.254 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. This means that the valid range of IP addresses for this subnet is from 172.16.20.1 to 172.16.20.254.
• The default gateway is 172.16.2.1, which is outside the range of the subnet defined by the IP address and subnet mask. Since the gateway is on a different subnet (172.16.2.0/24), the host cannot communicate with it or reach remote networks correctly.

This misconfiguration of the IP address and the default gateway would result in the inability of the host to access remote networks, hence this option is the most accurate choice based on the provided information.