Struggling to figure out how to do a "transparent" bridge

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I'm aware that by simply hitting the extender option, I can connect under a different subnet (e.g. in the below diagram the AC1300 would then be under 192.168.9.1 and it's subsequent devices similar), but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to configure it as to allow the GL-AC1300 to simply act as a "wireless adapter" for the devices pictured below.

This is my desired final network layout:

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I've attempted connecting after changing the AC1300's IP to something like 192.168.8.2, then going into LUCI and connecting radio1 to my router, but this prevents internet access from what i could tell.
I am able to do this with an inferior device (the TL-WR802N), but that limits my speeds to <10mbps, while with the AC1300 in another subnet, I am able to consistantly get 10x that speed, thus my desire for switching over.

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Hello,

  1. May I know what router AC1300 model is, A1300 or MT1300?
  2. GL firmware's extender mode does not support custom configure the static IP for radio 1 sta/client (as well as for the interface wwan)
  3. If the AC1300 works in extender, AC1300 dhcp obtain the "192.168.8.x/24" (AC1300 cannot set the static IP) and all clients subnet is "192.168.8.x/24" (these clients can set the static IP), can this meet your requirements?
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You can set a static ip for the ac router from the mt6000 :slight_smile:, only make sure gl-inet mac address randomisation is turned off in the repeater function of the ac router because that won't play nice.

Then use on the ac router just as repeater to connect to the ssid of flint 2.

You want to change the subnet to avoid a ip conflict with the flint 2 for lan on the ac router.

For more advanced, you are looking to something called as 'dumb access point' this is a router without firewall or dhcp server and requires entering luci, wwan can be directly set on a port and dhcp populates the clients, then you don't have a dual NAT.