CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 327

A new office space is being designed. The network switches are up, but no services are running yet. A network engineer plugs in a laptop configured as a DHCP client to a switch. Which of the following IP addresses should be assigned to the laptop?

Answer options

• A. 10.1.1.1
• B. 169.254.1.128
• C. 172.16.128.128
• D. 192.168.0.1

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The laptop will receive an IP address from the APIPA range (169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255) since there is no DHCP server available to assign it a proper address. The other options are either valid private IP addresses or public IP addresses, but without a DHCP service, the laptop cannot receive any of those.