Avaya J179 Phones Powering up in Discover Mode with an IP Address

[Houdini9881]

I have several J179 Phones on my test bench that are coming up in Discover mode with an IP address. I craft into them and default them and they come up the same way. I do not have them on an IP office but when I put them on an upgraded 9.0 they still do the same.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated?
thx

 

[Westi]

J179's don't work on 9.0 as far as I remember
Does your DHCP server give out information in option 242?

Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS

 

[Houdini9881]

I take them completely off the system and just power them up and they still will not let me craft into them to change any settings. Not using a DHCP Server other than the IPO when they are connected to it. Usually the Phones power up and go to Admin screen but these go straight to Discover and shows an IP address.
thx

 

[Houdini9881]

I completely misspoke earlier. when I try and CRAFT into them, they just keep resetting or rebooting.
thx

 

[Westi]

that means it is probably not CRAFT as password and was set in a previous site with a different password.

Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS

https://www.millsidetc.com/

 

[Houdini9881]

got it! I will try and learn how to tftp into them and reset the password.
thx

 

[VinylDave]

Jazus houdini, I think you'll need more than magic to tftp into them.
Wrong password I think on this one.