Dual band network using Mini as 11g base station to send airtunes to AX?

Here's what I'm trying to do: set up a dual band network, pretty much exactly as described in Apple's doc (with the AEn as the router, in 5ghz 11n-only mode and accessed by a CD2 MBP with 11n enabled ), but using a Mac Mini as an 11g software base station (via Internet Sharing) to connect a AX via 11g so I can stream music to my stereo via Airtunes. I've got the Mini seeing the AX, and iTunes on the Mini sees the AX for Airtunes, but the CD2 MBP does NOT see the AX, either in iTunes or with Airport Utility. I'm currently messing around with IPNetRouterX in order to get the Mini to bridge it's ethernet connection from the AEn to it's Airport port, but no succes so far. Any Ideas?

The problem is that the Mac mini is creating a different subnet for the AirPort connection. Therefore the MacBook Pro's Ethernet connection to the Mac mini can't reach the AX.

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