We have an embedded networking device product which we first develop and test on Windows platform. It was observed that based on given conditions the device got a Link Local address - 169.254.106.235.
But when I try to ping the above IP from command prompt it says 'Dest. Unreachable' or error. Now if I setup a loopback adapter with obtain configuration automatically - I see that the adapter has obtained IP 169.254.233.20
Now when I ping both my device and loopback adapter IP I start getting response from both - but then again when I delete or set up the IP manually for loopback adapter - the device becomes unreachable
How can we be able to ping my device in first condition - no loopback adapter setup?