I changed my subnet to 255.255.255.0 and the switches were there so i reimaged and got the following error:
Unable to complete operation because of unexpected error:
Error -2147220309 occurred at nisyscfg.lvlib:Restart.vi:1
Possible reason(s):
NI System Configuration: (Hex 0x800404AB) Failure to send command.
Complete call chain:
nisyscfg.lvlib:Restart.vi:1
ConfigUtility.lvlib:2012_FormatSystem.vi
ConfigUtility.lvlib:ReImageTarget.vi
ConfigUtility.lvlib
ialog.vi