Network Configuration Troubleshooting

Diagnosing an Enterprise Network Connectivity Problem

Diagnosing an Enterprise Network Connectivity Problem

by Amal BOUMEDJOUT -
A computer in an enterprise network cannot communicate with other devices and shows an automatic IP address starting with 169.254.x.x. Based on your knowledge of network configuration and services, analyze the possible causes of this problem and explain how it can be diagnosed and resolved.

Diagnosing an Enterprise Network Connectivity Problem

by Amira TCHOULAK -
the cause of getting 169.254.x.x ip address is that the dhcp fails to assign an ip address to the computer so the host got an ip address by the protocol APIPA ; to solve this problem we either renew the configuration of the host by the command ipconfig /renew or check the the configuration of the DHCP SERVER