Windows ipconfig ZeroTier shows different IP address than ZeroTier web dashboard

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I haven’t been able to connect to my Windows 11 Pro PC which is configured to accept connections (I can reach it within my home network on non-ZeroTier devices.
To troubleshoot I ran ipconfig and it shows:

Ethernet adapter ZeroTier One [b6079f73c68e9049]:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::81f9:631:77f3:7196%16
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.233.160
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 25.255.255.254

The ZeroTier web dashboard shows all of my authenticated devices have 172.23.xx.xx ip addresss. I have tried using both the 169.254.233.160 and the assigned 172.23.xx.xx address to connect using remote desktop software, but haven’t been able to establish a connection.

Why is my windows PC showing a 169.x.x.x ip address in ipconfig and no listing for the zerotier assigned 172.23.x.x address?

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It was not able to obtain the IP address so it shows what is autogenerated locally. Just google for “Autoconfiguration Address”.

I guess your PC is not connected to ZT network at the moment.

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Same issue here. Even though after disconnect and reconnect the web dashboard says it is online, but the IP address is still not matching and the machine is not in the real ZT network.

I tried to run zerotier-one in command line:

PS C:\ProgramData\ZeroTier\One> ./zerotier-one_x64.exe -C
Starting Control Plane…
Starting V6 Control Plane…
ERROR: unable to add ip address 192.168.195.198/0

And I tried to turn off “IP Helper” service according to (Win) System Service Not Reachable by UI | ZeroTier Documentation
But it does not work.