You are working as a network technician at a medium$-$sized company. At the start of a workday, users are complaining that they cannot access the Internet, although they can access files on other local computers. After running the ipconfig $/$all command on several of the PCs$,$ you notice that they all have IP addresses of the form $169\mathrm{.}254.$x$.$y$.$ What is the most likely problem?

Group of answer choices

The DHCP Server is down or not accessible.

The default gateway is disconnected.

The DNS Server is down or not accessible.

The NICs on all of the affected computers are defective.