A ViewSonic WAPBR-100 success

Back in March, I had the intestinal fortitude to write about my experiences with the ViewSonic WAPBR-100. I am always shocked when I hit upon something that Google finds interesting enough to actually index it to the first or second page of their search results, as was the case with this post. But this post is interesting, though, because I still get occasional comments on a five month old post. The following is part of the thread of the comments. I just smiled from ear to ear when I saw the last one.

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From reader John...
I did this, seemed to work fine on day one. Come home today and my internet isn't functioning at all (i'm assuming it is just a coincidence). I was really looking forward to downloading the Bioshock demo on my Xbox360 -- and the thought struck me that I could use our generously unsecured neighbor's wireless to do so, via the WAPBR-100 / WAP54G. However, when I try to log into the IP of 192.168.1.245 I get nothing. I try holding down the reset button on the back of the Viewsonic, and nothing happens. It seems as though the reset button will no longer work. I can't log into it and I can't reset it...this is a problem. I can still see my local router at 192.168.1.1 on the PC that blugs into my new mutated viewsonic. Anyone have any ideas?

aprigliano's reply...
Tell me if this helps...

Plug the WAPBR network cable directly into a PC or Mac. Then, hard code an i.p. number to the NIC on that computer (192.168.1.10 should work. Do not use DHCP.) Make sure there is no other networking going on that computer. You should then be able to browse to http://192.168.1.245 and get to the admin page.

If this does not work, it may not be on x.x.x.245. Try a broadcast ping (ping 192.168.1.255) and the device should reveal its IP. Try browsing to that address.

John says...
Thank you, Will try this this evening and let you know how it goes.

John writes again...
Broadcast Pinging did the trick! I had never heard of this before but it came right back at 1.150 and I can now change settings.

It is entirely possible that I changed the IP to a static 150 after I got it set up and forgot about it... I had a few beers during the process.

Thanks again. Learned a useful trick today.

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I used to joke that Google pays me $ 0.32 per month, proving that this blog is not a waste of time. Actually, it is for the karma.

This makes it all worth the bandwidth I am blowing around here.