Back to my mac will find my time capsule but wont find my macbook pro unless on the same network???

I use a Macbook Air and I am trying to use back to my mac. Back to my mac will find my time capsule no problems where ever I am, however it will not find my macbook pro unless on the same network, for instance both machines operating on home network at the same time. Can anybody help???

Looks like this has been fixed:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9733258

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