BackUp over WAN (with MobileMe)

Hello,
I can remotely connect to my TC (when on the road) using my MobileMe account and "Back to my Mac". I can see it on finder, connect to it, read/write to files all is well.
But I just can't do any backup with Time Machine. It says the backup disk is not available. If I try to manually select a disk, there is only the option "None" in the list, the remote TC disk is not available. Any clue ?
Thank you.

Some folks have gotten that to work, but backing-up over the internet is excruciatingly slow, at best.
This post may help: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11499979#11499979

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“Multi-Site WAN with Distributed Messaging”
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“Networking Options Requirements for Cisco Unity”
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/prod_installation_guides_list.html
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After working flawlessly for some time, my Time Capsule has stopped completing backups (automatic or manual) whenever MobileMe syncing is enabled - Time Machine finds the Time Capsulse, scans my files for updates and starts the upload, but then it always hangs partway through. I've tried giving it as much as a day to see if it will continue to conclusion but it does not. I have to re-start my system just to clear the hangup, and I've had to disable automatic Time Machine backups to stop the issue happening all the time.
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