A technician receives a report that two users are having difficulty retaining connections to a server hosting a company application. On testing, the technician sees the following: Initial connections to the server are sporadic. If connected, the client is dropped within 30 seconds. Attempting to reconnect is sometimes successful but other times requires multiple attempts. Local testing on the server reveals no problems. Given these symptoms, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?
A) Two workstations have been configured with the same IP address.
B) Two separate NICs have the same MAC address.
C) There are multiple DNS entries for the same host.
D) Routing has been configured incorrectly for the clients.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

IP address conflicts can cause sporadic connectivity issues and disconnections, as two devices on the same network cannot have the same IP address without causing network problems.

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