Back To My Mac - Dot Mac Family Pack

Anyone know if Back To My Mac will work with two computers using different accounts with a dot mac "family pack"? BTMM works fine with two different family pack accounts while on the home network, but I can't seem to make them talk over the Internet (using Airport Extreme routers at both locations with UPNP turned on)...

It just so happens that all the impossible problems happen to me.

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