ICHAT NEWBIE--ONE .MAC ACCOUNT; TWO PARENTS

Hi all,
I am separated from my family and we bought two iSight cameras and hoped to use iChat AV to keep in touch. We have a full .Mac account, and I thought that the 'multiple logins' feature would allow us to both logon and do video chat. But this doesn't seem to work. We can both see ourselves, but cannot invite each other to 'chat'.
Any advice on how to fix this is highly appreciated.
Jim

Hi Janes,
iChat 2.x could by defualt allow you to use the screen nmae on multiple computers in different locations amd text chat.
It would not let your do Video chats (or Audio ) only chats.
iChat 3.0 through 3.0.1 did not allow multiple logins.
iChat 3.1 does givee you the option of Mutiple logins but you will still be able to onlt Text chat with that.
You will need a separate screen name either a Trial .mac account which will work in iChat afteer the 60 days or an AIM name.
Links to both access points are on this page http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/work/11/
Ralph

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