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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals CompTIA Network+ CompTIA CySA+ CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA PenTest+ CompTIA Cloud+ CompTIA ITF+ AWS Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Azure FundamentalsAn employee's workstation is unable to access network resources and the troubleshooting process reveals the machine has been assigned an address starting with 169.254. Based on this information, what is the most likely cause of the networking issue?
The workstation has been manually set with a static address outside the designated network range.
The network’s DHCP service is not available or malfunctioning, leading to the workstation assigning itself an APIPA address.
The workstation’s network mask setting is preventing it from communicating on the local network.
Another DHCP server is issuing incorrect settings to network clients.