CorpServ is a small company with 14 client systems and a network printer. Because there are only a limited number of networked systems, you decide to use APIPA addressing for the network. With APIPA configured, all systems are able to communicate with each other, but you are having trouble configuring Internet access. What is the likely cause of the problem

Private addresses cannot directly communicate to hosts outside the local subnet.

Explanation:

Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) allows assigning an IP address by a computer system automatically when there's no availability of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server to perform the function.

Since after the configuration of the APIPA, all systems are able to communicate with each other, but there's trouble configuring Internet access, then private addresses cannot directly communicate to hosts outside the local subnet.