How do I video chat with iSight directly between two networked computers

Well, the title kinda says it all. My two neices just got Macbooks, and they aren't allowed to go onto the net with them, but I figured they'd have fun doing video chats from across the room or whatever.
Is this possible? Can you do it without going through AIM or .Mac?
Thanks!

You can conncet via your local lan using Bonjour. You can activate Bonjour in iChat by navigating to: iChat>Preferences>Accounts>Bonjour>Use Bonjour then log into Bonjour.
Please note, you may need to open up the proper ports in your firewall to make this work.
Post back if you have any issues.

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