An IT technician notices that a user's computer is unable to access the internet. Upon investigation, the technician finds that the computer has an IP address of 169.254.x.x. Which service failure is most likely causing this issue?
The network switch is powered off
The default gateway is misconfigured
The DNS server is unreachable
The DHCP server is unavailable
The IP address range 169.254.x.x is assigned by Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) when a device cannot obtain an IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. This usually indicates that the DHCP server is unavailable. Domain Name System (DNS) issues would not cause the device to have a self-assigned IP address but could affect domain name resolution. A misconfigured default gateway would not prevent the assignment of an IP address. If the network switch were powered off, the device would not be able to establish any network connection at all.
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