You're trying to access your office network with your Windows workstation from home using your organization's virtual private network (VPN). Your DSL modem has connected to your ISP, but you can't connect to your office network. You issue the ipconfig command from the command prompt and learn that your system has been assigned an IP address of 169.254.1.12. What's causing the problem?

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1. You're trying to access your office network with your Windows workstation from home using your organization's virtual private network (VPN). Your DSL modem has connected to your ISP, but you can't connect to your office network. You issue the ipconfig command from the command prompt and learn that your system has been assigned an IP address of 169.254.1.12. What's causing the problem?