Solution
APIPA is an alternative to DHCP and is used to request and retrieve an IP address for a host. When it is enabled, the operating system allows unique IP addresses to be assigned to each station on a small LAN. This may or may not resolve your issue.
There is a setting you can add to your registry that allows you to control your APIPA on a Windows machine. Before editing the registry, you may want to get permission from your IT department to create this setting.
- From the Windows Start menu, choose Run, and then type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
- Navigate to the key KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.
- Expand the Edit menu and select New DWORD value.
- Name the value IPAutoconfigurationEnabled and enter a value of 1 to allow your computer to obtain a link local IP address automatically.