Then hauled it back into the office and tried to connect it direct to PC. Still can't see it.
Turned off kaspersky and everything. The connection was showing as live, but could not gt miner GUI to come up. Always just a got a webpage not available error in browser.
I also tried to reset the miner by depressing the recessed button with a pen. I held it in for at least 10 seconds. Tried it a few times. Nothing ever happened.
Is the miner trash?
With antminer C1 it should not be a trash miner.
Best idea I can think of for you with all the different network IP's is dhcp. I have not tested the image but in C1 thread there is a microSD card image that say's it is set for dhcp: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10910625
I suggest using a 2nd microSD card as I don't want you to lose original incase of problems. If that works you should be able to connect to your network and then you will have to find IP it is using, and with DHCP it will change.