Posted by tonytiger on Mar 12, 2016; 2:03am
URL: https://itus.accessinnov.com/Bridge-mode-Internet-OK-but-no-Admin-access-tp371p408.html

Thanks to your post, I think I've discovered the problem.  First of all, the Shield doesn't obtain a DHCP lease from my Ubiquiti ERL.  I confirmed that this is the same case with 2 dd-wrt routers.  If I connect it to an old Belkin router though, sure enough, it ends up on .111

So I set a static IP on the Shield. However, the static IP settings so not persist after a power cycle of the Shield. And neither does the SSH dropbear instance setting, for that matter.  

I've confirmed this behavior on both of my Shield devices.

v1.51 SP1 is not usable like this.  There's no way i have time to fiddle with cables and static IP settings each time the Shield reboots.  I can't imagine there will be any updates to rectify these issues.