Windows 10: Getting APIPA Address

I recently used an ISO file to update my HP 840 G4 Laptop from W10 1803 to 21H1. I now cannot connect to web pages because I am getting an APIPA address and when I go to these pages it says "ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE". I have tried many things from release/renew, resetting DHCP service, unplugging router, restarting computer. Anyone have any ideas? Do I need to update my network drivers from the HP website?

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APIPA address

Hoping someone can help me with this. For background info, I'm fully aware of APIPA (169.254.x.x) addresses and what they are for.

I have a problem where they have been configured on network devices in a network I am doing an audit on. (I know that is wrong but there is nothing I can do about it) The problem.is that I cannot route to these addresses from my windows machine because of
this. When I try ping the addresses I get an error (If I recall it was "general error") I can ping everything else fine. If I use my Mac, I have the same issue but I can resolve it by removing the route it has in the route table for 169.254.0.0/16 then everything
works fine. I can't do this on my Windows machine because there is no route for 169.x in the route table. I have also tried various options of disabling APIPA in the registry but it doesn't seem to work.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

Thank you

 

Can you communicate with a device which has APIPA address?

• Can you communicate with a device which has APIPA (169.x.x.x)address?
• So i'm relatively new in the field of IT support and provides support remotely.
• User was trying to set up network printer and was running HP Scan doctor, which showed that printer had 169.x.x.x IP address.
• I informed user this will not work, but user sounds very confident and said he knows about IT and said printer is on local network and this IP address should work.
• But i read in the networking books that APIPA 169.x.x.x is not a valid IP address so i'm sort of confused here.
• I do know that if two devices has APIPA addresses assigned they should be able to communicate, but if not then they shouldn't be, correct.

 

Can you communicate with a device which has APIPA address?

Well, that last part is true, unless.... some device is acting as a router that connects the two networks.

Wouldn't it make the most sense to configure the printer to use a DHCP server to get it's address? PS: I don't know enough about the printer to tell you how to do this....