Services on second Ethernet port on Xserve

Hi,
I have an Xserve that is working really well. On en0 (192.168.127.3), I have connected a D-Link wireless router/ADSL modem. This connects to the internet, and through this I can connect to the Xserve. The Xserve serves DNS, DHCP, Web (external and internal), Mail, VPN and file services on this port. This port runs at 100Mb.
I would like to replicate all of the above services (not VPN, obviously) on the port en1 so I can run it at 1000Mb to dedicated CAD stations. Currently the address is set at 192.168.192.3, and DHCP & file services work, but the Web doesn't (external or internal), and as yet I haven't tried the other services.
I've tried NAT, but nothing seems to happen.
Any ideas?
thanks.

Hi,
Sorry for the last mail. Late in the day.
Anyway, all of the services are now fixed on the Xserve (almost). The problem was that I didn't have my firewall on (I'm behind a hardware firewall).
However, there is one remaining problem which I cannot solve. On one interface is an ethernet plotter (non-postscript), and the the users on the other interface want to use it, but I cannot see anyway of doing it.
Any Ideas?
Thanks.

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