diff --git a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.tip-wlan-qa.yaml b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.tip-wlan-qa.yaml
index dd4ab97..e6490d6 100644
--- a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.tip-wlan-qa.yaml
+++ b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.tip-wlan-qa.yaml
@@ -114,6 +114,31 @@ nodeGroups:
     k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/tip-wlan-qa: "owned"
     kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
     kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/tip-wlan-qa: "owned"
+- name: gw
+  instanceType: m5.4xlarge
+  amiFamily: AmazonLinux2
+  minSize: 1
+  maxSize: 8
+  desiredCapacity: 1
+  volumeSize: 100
+  ssh: # import public key from file
+    allow: true
+    publicKeyPath: id_rsa_tip-wlan-qa.pub
+  kubeletExtraConfig:
+    allowedUnsafeSysctls:
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl"
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes"
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time"
+  taints:
+    - key: tip.main/onlygw
+      value: "true"
+      effect: NoSchedule
+  tags:
+    # EC2 tags required for cluster-autoscaler auto-discovery
+    k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
+    k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/tip-wlan-qa: "owned"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/tip-wlan-qa: "owned"
 
 iamIdentityMappings:
   - arn: arn:aws:iam::289708231103:user/gha-wlan-testing
diff --git a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.yaml b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.yaml
index b937323..947c574 100644
--- a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.yaml
+++ b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/cluster.yaml
@@ -114,6 +114,31 @@ nodeGroups:
     k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${CLUSTER_NAME}: "owned"
     kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
     kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/${CLUSTER_NAME}: "owned"
+- name: gw
+  instanceType: ${CLUSTER_INSTANCE_TYPE2}
+  amiFamily: AmazonLinux2
+  minSize: 1
+  maxSize: ${CLUSTER_MAX_NODES}
+  desiredCapacity: ${CLUSTER_NODES2}
+  volumeSize: ${CLUSTER_VOLUME_SIZE}
+  ssh: # import public key from file
+    allow: true
+    publicKeyPath: id_rsa_${CLUSTER_NAME}.pub
+  kubeletExtraConfig:
+    allowedUnsafeSysctls:
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl"
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes"
+      - "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time"
+  taints:
+    - key: tip.main/onlygw
+      value: "true"
+      effect: NoSchedule
+  tags:
+    # EC2 tags required for cluster-autoscaler auto-discovery
+    k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
+    k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${CLUSTER_NAME}: "owned"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/enabled: "true"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-autoscaler/${CLUSTER_NAME}: "owned"
 
 iamIdentityMappings:
   - arn: arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:user/gha-wlan-testing
diff --git a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/env_qa2 b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/env_qa2
index 1fd15fb..14a2bae 100644
--- a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/env_qa2
+++ b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/env_qa2
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ export AWS_REGION="$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"
 export AWS_ACCOUNT_ID="289708231103"
 export CLUSTER_DOMAIN="lab.wlan.tip.build"
 export CLUSTER_ZONE_ID="Z09534373UTXT2L1YL912"
-export CLUSTER_INSTANCE_TYPE="c5.xlarge"
+#export CLUSTER_INSTANCE_TYPE="c5.xlarge"
 export CLUSTER_INSTANCE_TYPE="m5.2xlarge"
+export CLUSTER_INSTANCE_TYPE2="m5.4xlarge"
 export CLUSTER_NAME="tip-wlan-qa"
 export CLUSTER_NODES=2
+export CLUSTER_NODES2=1
 export CLUSTER_MIN_NODES=2
 export CLUSTER_MAX_NODES=8
 export CLUSTER_VOLUME_SIZE=100
diff --git a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/scale_it b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/scale_it
index 24f8296..27753d7 100755
--- a/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/scale_it
+++ b/eksctl/wifi-289708231103/tip-wlan-main/scale_it
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ if [ -z "$account_id" ] ; then
 fi
 
 config_file="cluster.$CLUSTER_NAME.yaml"
-nextstep "Generating cluster.yml file -> $config_file"
+echo "Generating cluster.yml file -> $config_file"
 envsubst < cluster.yaml > $config_file
 
+#eksctl create nodegroup -f cluster.$CLUSTER_NAME.yaml
 eksctl scale nodegroup -f cluster.$CLUSTER_NAME.yaml
 logv scaled $CLUSTER_NAME
 logv endscale "$(date)"