DHCP Client IP Troubleshooting Commands

To check IP address: ipconfig

To check all details: ipconfig /all

To release IP address: ipconfig /release

To renew IP address: ipconfig /renew

To Clear DNS Cache: Ipconfig / Flushdns

To check the MAC address: getmac

what is APIPA?

When a client is not able to contact DHCP server, Then a OS assigns APIPA (169.254.X.X) series of IP address.

Few Reasons:
DHCP server is not available
Lease expires and not able to contact DHCP server
DHCP server may have run out of IP range
N/W Card Hardware malfunction
Firewall settings

To Resolve this kind of issue,

C:\> ipconfig /release (This command will release the ip address 0.0.0.0)

C:\> ipconfig /renew (This command will request a new IP from DHCP)