A technician is troubleshooting a connectivity issue on a network computer. The technician runs ipconfig in a command prompt and receives the following IP address: 169.254.0.6. Which of the…

The correct answer is C. Self-assignment. An IP address starting with169.254.x.x is a self-assigned address(also called APIPA?Automatic Private IP Addressing). It's used when a client device cannot contact a DHCP server. This address allows limited communication on the local network segment but no internet access.

Submitted by javi_es· Mar 30, 2026

Question

A technician is troubleshooting a connectivity issue on a network computer. The technician runs ipconfig in a command prompt and receives the following IP address: 169.254.0.6. Which of the following is most likely the type of IP address being assigned?

Options

ADHCP reservation assignment
BDynamic assignment
CSelf-assignment
DStatic assignment

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A
3% (1)
B
16% (5)
C
72% (23)
D
9% (3)

Explanation

An IP address starting with169.254.x.x is a self-assigned address(also called APIPA?Automatic Private IP Addressing). It's used when a client device cannot contact a DHCP server. This address allows limited communication on the local network segment but no internet access.

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#APIPA#ipconfig command#IP addressing#Network troubleshooting

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