A small office is experiencing network connectivity issues. Upon inspection, the network administrator notices that the clients are assigned IP addresses ranging from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254. What is likely the cause of the network connectivity issue?
The clients have static IP addresses which are conflicting.
The DHCP server is down or unreachable.
The network cables are experiencing interference or are damaged.
The router has been misconfigured with the wrong subnet mask.
The IP address range from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 is designated for Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA). APIPA is used by client computers when they are unable to reach a DHCP server to obtain an IP address. This scenario suggests that the DHCP server is down or inaccessible, and the clients are self-assigning APIPA addresses, which do not allow normal network communication with devices not on the APIPA range.
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