I'm unclear on the topology of your network; I'm going to assume that the separate clusters each have a separate NAT/firewall protecting them. In that case, I believe you may get the IPIP traffic to pass through the NAT/firewall to the internal host by designating the internal host as a DMZ host. You would then register the NAT/firewall's public IP address as the gateway host. I'd wager it depends on the software in the NAT/firewall so some may do it and others may not. I heard that OpenWRT does handle IPIP encapsulation. I've not tried that myself so others who have done so should comment on whether this approach actually works. I'd much appreciate you writing up what you wind up doing and publish it on the wiki so others may share your experience. - Brian