A technician is troubleshooting a workstation that cannot connect to the internet but can communicate with some other local devices. After running ipconfig in the command prompt, the technician sees the workstation has been assigned the IP address 169.254.88.201. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
The DHCP server is offline or unreachable.
The DNS server address is misconfigured.
The network cable is unplugged from the workstation.
The workstation has a static IP address in the wrong subnet.
The IP address 169.254.88.201 falls within the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) range, which is 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254. A device assigns itself an APIPA address when it is configured to use DHCP but is unable to contact a DHCP server. This allows for limited local network communication but no internet access, as no default gateway is assigned. Therefore, the most likely cause is that the DHCP server is offline or unreachable.
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