In an office environment, a network administrator is informed about sporadic connection issues affecting two desktop computers. Upon investigating, the administrator notices error messages indicating an address conflict. What is the FIRST step the administrator should take to resolve this dilemma?
Substitute the network cables for the computers reporting the problem.
Inspect the network config for any manually specified addresses that might be conflicting.
Review recent system update histories on the involved machines.
Configure the assignments for the computers through a server.