Using Home Assistant to control greenhouse automation

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Hello,
New to HA automation. I have a HA green and i am trying to install some automations for my greenhouse. I managed to install everything inside the house and it works, but now i want to move the automation inside the greenhouse.

The question is, can i access the greenhouse network if the greenhouse router is connected with a wire to the house router?
How should this look like ?

Would this work ?
House Router → HA green
House Router → greenhouse Router → zigbee dongle (SLZB-06)

If i move the HA Green in the greenhouse then i won’t be able to access it from the house, right ? I don’t have other automations inside the house but i am looking to add some in the future.

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You should use a switch in the greenhouse, so that both the House and the Green House are on the same network.

If you already have a router in the Green House that has several LAN ports, then you can just use those without using the WAN port. You connected a wire from the House router to a LAN port on the Green House router and then the SLZB-06 to another LAN port on the green house router. You need to ensure you disable DHCP on the Green House router since you will have DHCP on the House router.

Given that the SLZB-06 can be connected via POE, I would suggest getting a small POE switch for the green house.

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