After expanding a department in a corporate office, a network administrator is alerted that new users in that department are unable to access network resources. Initial checks reveal that attempts to connect to the network are consistently failing for these users. What should the administrator investigate as the probable cause of this network issue?
Unused network ports should be deactivated to reduce load.
The DHCP pool might not have sufficient available network addresses.
There is a misconfiguration in network segment settings.
Address pool exhaustion occurs when all the available network addresses in a DHCP pool are currently in use, preventing new devices from obtaining addresses needed for network connection. This issue is typical when network expansion, such as adding a new department, occurs without adjusting DHCP configurations to meet increased demand. Investigating whether the DHCP pool has sufficient available network addresses directly addresses the problem. Adding more access points does not relate directly to the provisioning of network addresses, but instead to wireless coverage. Errors in network segment configuration could potentially lead to connection issues, but these would generally manifest differently than simple failures to access network resources. Deactivating unused network ports would not increase the availability of network addresses that are directly managed by DHCP.
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