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HIT-001 · Question #141
You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows-based network. All the computers on the network are connected to a switch device. Users complain that they are…
The correct answer is B. The server's NIC is not working. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows-based network. All the computers on the network are connected to a switch device. Users complain that they are unable to connect to a file server. You try to ping the client computers from the server, but the pinging fails. You try to ping the server's own loopback address, but it fails to ping. You restart the server, but the problem persists. What is the most likely cause?
Options
- AThe cable that connects the server to the switch is broken.
- BThe server's NIC is not working.
- CThe switch device is not working.
- DAutomatic IP addressing is not working.
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(38 responses)- A8% (3)
- B79% (30)
- C3% (1)
- D11% (4)
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