IChat with myself?

Hi, this is probably a stupid question. I have a new iMac (at home) and I take my MBP on the road. I am a .Mac subscriber. So I use my .Mac account to iChat frequently. But how do I set it up so I can iChat with my family when I am on the road? Understand my question? I assume the answer has something to do with getting another account. Can I have multiple iChat names with my one .Mac account? Should I get a free AIM account. (I know nothing about how to do this, so any help would be appreciated.)
Thanks... and I always mark helpful/solved when I get helpful answers.

Hi Pianafiddle,
You need to create a second screen name.
iChat 2.x used to be able to Text chat to the same screen name and log in twice (if you ignored the Text message from AIM about it).
Now although iChat can be set to allow Multiple Logins it has been changed so you can not add your own Screen name to your own Buddy List.
As far as .Mac goes Aliases do not work although a new trial account will still work beyond the sixty days if you don't pay for it making it a free screen name.
AIM and/or .Mac screen names will work.
If you choose .mac make sure the password is not more than 16 characters.
You can create longer ones but the AIM servers do not allow them.
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