Network Setup for a 1242G LWAPP config for with Bridge

Hi all,
I'm trying to find solution for mobile vehicle. The base wifi system is lwapp with controller and AP.
I was thinking to make bridge between LWAPP AP's and Autonomous AP on the mobile vehicle with client behind the AP, but now the vehicle will have 3 clients so I will have to put something behinds so I will have to put switch behind
does that solution seels good or does I need to choose wifi router ?
according to me keep an Autonomous AP was good idea.
is it possible to make the AP works with PEAP and other high level security like EAP-TLS and more ?
thanks in advance
hope you will tell me your opinion
Matt

Matt this should be pretty simple to do. You said that your base wifi system is controller based with LWAPP AP's correct?
Assuming you already have PEAP in your current operation, all you would need to do is take your Autonomous AP and make it a WGB. From there you could plug in any switch that you wanted for you 3 clients. If you need help with configurations let me know and I will help you out.

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    In most cases auto-qos will also configure or map Video to Q3, you can see this as a majority SRR bandwidth is assigned to the Q.
    In order to use the strict priority queue, it has to be enabled on the interface 'priority-queue out', without it Q1 will not be emptied before the others. It will be serviced according to the weight.
    With auto-qos Q1 will not have enough bandwidth as it will be assigned to Q3. Therefore you could initially enable priority-queue if not already enabled so that Q1 is emptied first, or you increase the weight.
    The next question is whether you are using egress scheduling within the Core? and this conforms to your edge classification for Video?
    HTH.
    Allan

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