Sorry for the delay, was busy mucking around with my new computer build past couple days So mine are actually 1123-NI's (the same except with 5ghz) and I had no problem accessing them after a factory reset. My procedure was as follows Power on, wait until booted (2 minutes is more than enough). My old SSIDs were broadcast, so I held the reset button for 15 seconds. Device reset, booted and broadcast ZyXEL SSID. Statically set my laptop ethernet NIC IP address to 192.168.1.4 - 255.255.255.0 - no gateway or DNS (not required). Plugged AP directly into laptop ethernet (I was using the supplied 12V adapter instead of PoE). Open web browser, navigate to 192.168.1.2, enter un/pw: admin/1234 …. Profit.
Thanks for thje replies. I have given up totally. Its to do with my poxy sky router am sure of it. If anyone has offered help in this thread wants it they are welcome to it for postage.