Ok. I tried this at another house using comcast with a Linsksys Wireless-G router. I accessed the router and found the wireless MAC filter, which was off.
Then I checked the DHCP settings and found that it has a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 and is set to start the dynamic IP addressing at 192.168.1.100
Then I ran the code again on the board, and opened up a Putty terminal. And ran the smart config (don't wanna do that again the password was 3 words converted to hex!) And got a random IP assigned to the board. I pinged that IP with no response ("Request Timed Out").
Then I issued the command 08c0a817bc0a811 to change the IP to 192.168.1.123 and tried to ping that IP, but got "Destination Host Unreachable"
BTW In the Smart Config app, the correct gateway was displayed. I also entered the password and pressed start before sending the 01 command to enter smartconfig mode.
