IChat LAN-LAN bonjour connection via OSX-Server and Draytek routers ?

We want to configure a LAN-LAN iChat intranet connection via our OSX-Server and several Draytek 2600 routers. We have static IP-addresses in all local LANs, do LAN-connection via DynDNS and opened the iChat NAT-Ports on every router as described in several posts.
LAN-LAN connection (e.g. volume mounting and ARD (Apple Remote Desktop)) works fine. We started iChat on every Mac and chatting via .mac accounts also works, but not via Bonjour. The logged-in users are not listed in the iChat bonjour contact list.
What do we have to configure more ? Starting the iChat service on the OSX-Server ?
Thanks in advance for help
Alex
PowerPC G5 DP 1.8MHz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   1GB RAM 22 Display
PowerPC G5 DP 1.8MHz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   1GB RAM 22 Display
PowerPC G5 DP 1.8MHz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   1GB RAM 22 Display

Bonjour works without a server but will only work within the same subnet. It's likely your routers are on different subnets and so using Bonjour you would only be able to see contacts on the same subnet.
If you're not seeing anybody else at all, even those on the same subnet as you, then perhaps your firewall hasn't been opened to the iChat Bonjour ports (TCP, 5297 and 5298). There's also an entry for it in each Mac's Firewall config pane.
You best bet may be to run an XMPP server. iChat server is an XMPP/Jabber server (using a copy of the pretty old Jabberd 1.4 code), but you might want to consider running the superior OpenFire (http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp) on your server instead.
Just create all the users on the server and then enter the relevant details into each copy of iChat.

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