During the setup of a small office/home office (SOHO) network, it is identified that the network-enabled printer is not accessible from the client computers. The printer has been assigned the IP address 169.254.10.5. What is the most likely cause of the issue?
The printer is configured with a static IP outside the DHCP scope.
The printer has been assigned an APIPA address due to DHCP failure.
The printer's subnet mask is incorrectly configured.
An IP address starting with 169.254.x.x indicates that the printer is using Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA), which usually means that the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is not reachable or not working properly, as APIPA is a fallback when DHCP fails to assign an address.
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