Multiple users on same account?

Hi,
Dumb iChat newbe here... I just signed up for a free 60 day trial on .Mac. I'm trying to use iChat for the first time. I have an intel iMac and an intel MacBook. I'm trying to set up a video conference between the two Macs through the same .Mac account. I've set up different individual cards in Address Book for the two computers. I've gone into the .Mac settings in System Prefs to make sure they are both registered and their Address Books are sync'ed. I've gone into iChat prefs and checked "allow multiple logins for this account".
I can't add the opposite computer on the iChat buddy list so I can't start a video conf between the two Macs. Is this not possible to do or am I overlooking a setting somewhere?
-brian

Hi
You need 2 accounts.
Tony

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