Sharing via WiFi a NAS connected via ethernet to a MacMini

Hi,
I have a WiFi network to which a MacMini (with Leopard) is connected. An ethernet NAS disk (ReadyNAS NV+) is connected directly to the MacMini via ethernet. The shares of the NAS disk are correctly mounted on the MacMini.
My goal would be to be able to see the NAS shares also from other Macs connected to the WiFi.
This is roughly the architecture:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MacMini ------ethernet------ NAS-disk
DSL---WiFiRouter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OtherMac
The NAS-disk is configured to advertise itself via bonjour and appletalk: in fact, when I connect the NAS-disk directly to the WiFiRouter via ethernet, both the MacMini and the OtherMac see the shares of the NAS-disk.
However, when the NAS-disk is connected vie ethernet as above to the MacMini, then only the MacMini sees its shares. I tried to put the shares of the NAS-disk as shared folders in the File Sharing part of the Sharing panel, but apparently they are not accepted (I can not drag them there, nor are they selectable from a file browser window). I also tried to do an Internet Sharing from Airport to Ethernet, but to no avail.
Any suggestion?
cheers
--e.

I'm not very good at "drawing" in html so here goes:
Room 1
Connect everything via ethernet cable to a gigabit switch
Connect gigabit switch to a Lan Port of a wifi router/bridge like
the Belkin mentioned above
Room 2
A mated Belkin wifi bridge
connect Belkin via its LAN ports with ethernet wire to everything else
(except airport extreme which you retire and the dsl modem that connects to the WAN port of the Belkin).
or connect Belkin via a LAN port to gigabit switch and connect everything else, except the dsl modem, to the switch.
Retire the airport extreme.
This scheme will keep all your equipment on the same subnet. And since each room will
use hardwired ethernet, speeds should be good. The gigabit switches can keep
highspeed traffic isolated from the wireless bridges.
The only wifi in this schema would be the wifi bridge between the two rooms.

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