You work for a small city IT department and the customers in

You work for a small city IT department and the customers in City Hall complain that they can’t print to the network printer in their area. You go to one of the customer’s computers and try to ping the IP address of the printer, but this test fails. Of the following, what could be the problem? (Choose three.)

A. The printer is turned off.

B. The printer’s NIC is disabled.

C. The printer’s network cable is loose.

D. The DHCP server has issued the printer the wrong IP address.

Solution

Answer: A, B, and C.

Like any other network device, if it’s turned off, it won’t be accessible from the network. If the NIC is disabled or the network cable is loose or unplugged, the device will be isolated from network access.