Well, the “something like this” example in my previous post was not complete config obviously … as you did not “paint” the full picture here. One thing, whuch is probably breaking your setup: the whole management stuff. There has to be the path between management (V)LAN and device’s CPU. For different bridge personalities check this thread. The “switch facing interface of router” gas to be made member of management VLAN, appropriate vlan interface has to be created and corresponding IP setup has to be applied.