Transparent wireless bridge w/ relayd - can't reach devices inside bridge

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I followed these instructions to create a transparent wireless bridge. I have a ethernet-only network camera without wifi that I want to connect to my wifi network. I can't run cable to it, so I'm using a spare openwrt wifi router acting as a wifi client and bridging the LAN port to create a transparent wireless bridge.

When I connect my PC to the wireless bridge openwrt router, I'm getting an IP address from my main wireless AP, and I can access the internet. All good there...

But I'm unable to reach devices behind the wireless bridge from my LAN. Traffic from LAN is not reaching devices behind the wireless bridge. But traffic from devices behind the wireless bridge is able to reach LAN/internet. From a device on my main LAN, I can’t ping any devices behind the wireless bridge, but they are able to ping out.

Did I misunderstand the purpose of the relayd wifi extender article? Should I be able to reach the camera’s web interface from my lan when the camera is behind the wireless bridge?

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Is other router OpenWrt too?

Please connect to your OpenWrt device using ssh and copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button (red circle; this works best in the 'Markdown' composer view in the blue oval):

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Remember to redact passwords, VPN keys, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have:

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cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/dhcp
cat /etc/config/firewall
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Just in general, relayd is not a reliable method, it's a hack that doesn't work great. If possible, WDS/ 4addr is always preferable.