jbtorras,
do you have a "Pirate Box (Share freely)" Wifi now? Because that's the greater goal here:
Use the LAN/Ethernet connection with SSH/PuTTy to set up the box
-> RPi should now "create" a WiFi Access Point named "Pirate Box (something something)"
Because of that the RPi is not reachable via the same IP-Address as before. In fact you'd have to join the WiFi and then SSH/PuTTy to it.
do you have a "Pirate Box (Share freely)" Wifi now? Because that's the greater goal here:
Use the LAN/Ethernet connection with SSH/PuTTy to set up the box
-> RPi should now "create" a WiFi Access Point named "Pirate Box (something something)"
Because of that the RPi is not reachable via the same IP-Address as before. In fact you'd have to join the WiFi and then SSH/PuTTy to it.