You are troubleshooting a network connectivity issue on a client computer. You cannot ping the computer and the computer cannot ping any other computers on the network, but the network interface is showing a valid network connection. You run the ipconfig program and see that the computer's IP address is 169.254.100.19. What do think the problem is likely to be?
A) The client is configured to use DHCP but no DHCP server is responding.
B) Someone configured an invalid static IP address on the computer.
C) The NIC is faulty and randomly assigning an IP address to the computer.
D) The Domain Name Server on the network has corrupt data.

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The IP address 169.254.100.19 is an Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address. APIPA addresses are self-assigned by a computer when it is configured to obtain an IP address automatically (via DHCP) but cannot reach a DHCP server to obtain an IP address. This indicates that the client is configured to use DHCP but no DHCP server is responding, rather than issues related to static IP configuration, NIC faults, or DNS server issues.

You Are Troubleshooting a Network Connectivity Issue on a Client