Need help setting up Remote Desktop over internet

Hi all,
Now that I did additional research, I know that Logmein or Teamviewer would have worked. Unfortunately, I already purchased 2 copies of ARD at the recommendation of an Apple Genius.
I need to connect to my mom's iMac from my house. She gets confused at times and I would also like to run her software updates, etc. I've been reading the boards here but I getting a little confused at what I should do. Both macs are running Lion and are on Airport Extreme wifi networks (w/ AT&T modem/routers).
Thanks for the help!!!
Chris

Did you every get this figured out? This might help... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2sXG7c4VG4
you might start to run into trouble depending on your modem-router setup. Is your mother's Airport in Bridge mode or is it set up to distribute a range of ips? If its in bridge mode, then you should forward ports in the modem, if the airport is distributing ips, then you should port forward on the airport. Sry, I dont have much experience with ATT... (and all of this is at your mom's side).
The only thing you should have to do on your side is scan for her ip address..
hope this helps..
M

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