You almost had it!
- turn off phone hotspot
- turn off router (or go away from familiar wifi networks)
- turn on Reach
- wait for multi color blink
- use phone to scan for wifi access points
- see Reach hotspot (reach:9c:3a or similar)
- connect to Reach hotspot (Reach gives your phone an IP address 192.168.42.xx)
- use phone browser to go to 192.168.42.1
- see ReachView status page!