FaceTime won't connect to another MacBook Pro?

My husband and I have our three iPhones and my MacBook Pro connected under the same iCloud account. He recently bought his own MacBook Pro so we could FaceTime computer to computer rather than him using a phone while he is overseas. He can call from his phone to my computer and to my phone, but any calls going to or from his computer fails (some will come up on either end and some won't). He tried creating a completely new iCloud account as well since maybe it was trying to call itself, but that didn't change anything. We tried completely separating our numbers on the different devices so mine all had the same numbers/emails associated and his had only his so they didn't overlap, but that didn't seem to work either. Anyone have this problem and find a solution?

Hello jdbeadle,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
I found the following support article that has some troubleshooting steps for resolving these connection issues with FaceTime for Mac:
FaceTime for Mac: Troubleshooting FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4185
Take care,
Alex H.

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