You manage a Windows 7 computer connected to a business network using switches and multiple subnets.
One day you find that the computer is unable to connect to the Internet, although it can communicate with a few other computers on the local subnet.
You type ipconfig /all on the computer and see the following output:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection :
Connection– specific DNS Suffix my domain . . . . . : local
Description . . . . . . . : Broadcom network adapter
Physical Address . . . . . . . : 00 – AA– BB– CC– 74 – EF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . : Yes
Auto-configuration Enabled. . . . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . : 169.254.155.1 (Preferred)
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . . :
DNS Servers. . . . . . . :
What should you do?
ANSWER: Verify that the DHCP server is up and functional.