Bridge 2 networks (wireless & wired) with Opal?

Technical Support for Routers
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Hi,

I have a solar invertor that I would like to access trhough my own network to read out some parameters.

The solar invertor creates its own WiFi hotspot that I can connect to.
Creating a network with 192.168.200.x with the Solar Invertor on 192.168.200.1

I have my normal home network with its own router with every device on 192.168.1.x and the router on 192.168.1.1

Can I use an Opal router to bridge these 2 networks?
So wirelessly connect to the invertor and get an IP 192.168.200.x and wired to my home network on 192.168.1.x

The Opal only needs to bridge traffic towards the Solar invertor on 192.168.200.1
It does not need DHCP server, as both my Solar Invertor and Home Network already do this.

Any help?
Setting up as repeater still has the Opal operating as a router and DHCP server?

2

Yes.

You might look into Extender mode instead, which will bridge everything: Network Mode - GL.iNet Router Docs 4

3

OK?

Will extender mode bridge the wireless network from the Solar Invertor and the wired network from my home router?

4

Mostly yes, give it a try. It might be necessary to adjust some settings manually - depends on your network setup. Why you need bridging anyway? Routing isn't bad mostly.

5

Between 192.168.200.x and 192.168.1.x is not solved with only bridging. You need either routing, routing+NAT, or hairpin-NAT, or proxy-ARP ...

Most practical here is using repeater with Network mode "Router", and in menu LAN disable the dhcp server.

Now how to reach the inverter : In Port forwarding set/experiment with some port number from LAN (Opal IP) to WAN (Inverter IP) and maybe a second forward from WAN (inverter) to LAN (solar logger IP and port), until using the Opal LAN IP in the home network with that "some" port directs you to the Solar inverter.

Using "some" port is to avoid interference with internal Opal services