IChat in Lion simply doesn't work

I have a 2008 Mac Pro that has been through Leopard, Snow Leopard and now Lion upgrades.
And a 2011 MacBook Pro that saw an upgrade to Lion.
I cannot get iChat to work on either machine. Both have been transported to several different locations (hence different ISP's and router configurations), I have tried deleting and re-adding my AIM account on both machines as well. Have tried SSL on and off, Wifi, Ethernet connections. Nothing seems to work.
Username and password are obviously fine. It simply doesn't change from "offline". I have tried changing via Status, via iChat > Log In, nothing. No messages, no error messages, its like it doesn't even realize I'm giving it a command. Have also tried changing port settings, connecting without a router at all, etc. I'm very confident it is a software issue/bug, not something with my connection. As it worked just fine before the Lion upgrade (on both machines)
Any suggestions?

Hi,
Thanks for the Points.
The steps were listed in the least Destructive first.
They also served to show that it could be one or two causes.
The IMAgent issue has the possibility of messing up Face Time as well.
The Keychain issue could cause you issues with several apps like the Address book and Mail as well as Face Time and iChat due to the interlinking created by the Address Book use of your Contacts' info.
Although the last does and is sometimes the only course of action it is relatively extreme and lacks a certain finesse.
Doing all three without checking in between is a bit over the top in my book, and misses out of the staged learning I was trying to also get across.
Glad to hear you have it working.
8:49 PM Thursday; October 6, 2011
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