
Why Won’t My DHCP Clients Get an Address? (CCNA 200‑301)
A 169.254 address means the client asked and nobody answered. Here is how to find the cause in four checks, plus the router DHCP server and relay config the CCNA expects.
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A 169.254 address means the client asked and nobody answered. Here is how to find the cause in four checks, plus the router DHCP server and relay config the CCNA expects.






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