Back To My Mac: Anyone get it to work over the net?

I can't. It works fine on my home network, an apple extreme and several expresses. But over the net it doesn't work at all. I've tried both from work, and also by logging on to my neighbor's airport network. in both cases, the icon for my home iMac disappears.
I downloaded the guide from the Apple site for BTMM and followed the instructions, but nothing seems to work.
Anybody have any luck with this? than

Do both routers have to be configured correctly? Both the router you're sending from, and the router your mac that's being controlled is talking to? I thought it was just the later...
<<Even if these routers do support one of these protocols and have this support enabled, odds are good your office's firewall is simply going to block any traffic it doesn't recognize. Similarly, unless your neighbor has agreed to let you configure his or her router as you please, I would not expect this to work, either. >>

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