I can't chat from far away.

I've been trying to chat with my family back at home but I can't. Only when I'm in the house will they show up in my buddy list but if I'm just even 5 mi. away I can't chat with them. What do I do?

Hi,
In that case you are looking at the Bonjour option in the iChat > Preferences > Accounts.
This will only work where there are other Macs that have iChat Open (And the Bonjour Option On).
For this to Work away form Home you will need either an ID that can log in to AIM (An AIM Name, or An @Mac.com name or a MobileMe name)
You can also use a Jabber ID if you have one already, this includes a Google Mail ID if you have enabled the Talk option on your Google Account settings on the Google web site.
The people at Home would also need Screen Names or IDs (more on this to follow)
AIM names are free as are @mac.com names.
Mobileme names can be registered as Trial (Credit Card required and also an Active discontinuation before the 60 Days is up or you get charged).
Jabber names tend to need setting up/Registering with a third Party app like Psi as very few Jabber servers have Registration pages you can access with a web Browser.
Sorry this is so long.
It is involved more than complicated
AIM and Apple made an Agreement for Apple Name ending in @mac.com and @me.com to be recognised as Valid AIM Screen Names.
Therefore you can create a name in one and generally iChat will refer to it as the AIM Account/Buddy list.
You can Add the three types of Screen Name to that Buddy list.
There are hundreds of Public Jabber servers and thousands or private ones.
They are linked together as an overall network/service by being what is called "Federated"
This means that you can add Buddies with other Jabber Server names to a Jabber Buddy List (this included GoogleTalk as this is a Jabber server)
What you cannot do is add AIM valid names to a Jabber Buddy List or vice versa.
More on Getting a Screen Name
This page highlights AIM and MobileMe. @Mac.com names are obtain/registered here
On the Getting a Screen Name page there are two menus towards the top.
The lower one has other How-To links (Start Up Screens, which you will not need and Add Buddies etc).
I hope this helps.
9:35 PM Wednesday; September 15, 2010
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