I can iChat to everyone except my other computers!

I use iChat both from work and home on two different Macs with no problems EXCEPT if I try to talk (audio or video) from home to work or the reverse.
I have gone thru some previous advice and opened up the NAT router at home, and all the necessary ports are open both at home and at work. There are no problems with audio or video to any other regular contact.
Both computers have Tiger installed (10.4.5) although I should mention that the original Tiger (10.1??) was installed from the same "site licence" disc from work (both are "work" machines). Could this conceivably be the problem?
Ideas please? I can talk across the world but not across town to my own family!

Hi Chris,
Welcome To The Apple Discussion Pages.
You are of course using different Screen names on each computer ?
(and suitable time travel to be in two places at once )
11:01 PM Friday; March 10, 2006

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