Looking for the complete guide to making iChat work

Has anyone put together something akin to The Complete Troubleshooting Guide to Making iChat Work ?
Even just a Top Ten best suggestions would be handy.
Sometimes Screen Share and video works great. But with some people, it doesn't. I'd love to know how to troubleshoot the problem when it occurs.
For me, I finally just set my router to DMZ. From what I understand, this opens up every port in the known universe on my end. I realize that this is akin to leaving the front door unlocked, but I got so fed up with not being able to use iChat.
Given that DMZ is turned on, does that guarantee that the issue is never on my end? Or are there still things that can make iChat video/audio/ Screen Share not work from my end. Or can I assume that the issue is always on the other side.
Last question: where do I find the iChat log? I did searches through the Help menu, but couldn't find out where that resides, and how to get at it for helping report problems.
Thanks for any help.

Hi braintoniq,
Ralph Johns (one of the iChat gurus here) has a website devoted to iChat and getting it to work:
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/
I'm not sure if he's using Leopard yet, but I would imagine many/most of the tips will still apply.
Good luck!

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