Network Connectivity Problem In the network shown below, Host A has lost connect

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Network Connectivity Problem

In the network shown below, Host A has lost connectivity to the FTP server. You have been asked to investigate and correct the problem. You checked the Host A configuration, at command prompt. You use ipconfig utility and got the output listed below.

C>ipconfig
IP Configuration
Connection-specific DNS Suffix
IP address..............169.254.5.5
Subnet Mask.............255.255.255.0
Default Gateway.........10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

Give your reasons why Host A has lost connectivity. Explain your answer.

Explanation / Answer

From the output of ipconfig, we can see that the computer has been assigned the IP automatically (APIPA-Automatic Private IP Addressing) since the range of IP address for APIPA is 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254.

This occurs when the host is unable to communicate with DHCP server.

Thus, to establish network connectivity, we must check for problems in the DHCP server or we must manually assign the IP for Host A

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