A gateway is preconfigured to establish an Internet Protocol (IP) tunnel with a default local mobility anchor on behalf of a mobile node. The gateway receives from the mobile node an Internet access request including a mobile identifier and authorization and authentication protocol information, and sends to the default local mobility anchor an IP tunnel request to establish an IP tunnel. The gateway receives from the default local mobility anchor a tunnel redirect message to redirect the IP tunnel from the default local mobility anchor to a serving local mobility anchor and, responsive to the tunnel redirect message, authenticates the mobile node and establishes an IP tunnel with the serving local mobility anchor through which the mobile node communicates.