Will Facetime work on a late model iMac?

A neighbor has a late model iMac with Mountain Lion, will Facetime work if the Mac is hard wired to the internet? She tells me it used to work when she had WIFi and I'm trying to troubleshoot without spending too much time over there. So, I'm wondering if the lack of WIFI is the reason she is having trouble with Facetime/ Or should I look at other issues?

John,
Actually, using a wired ethernet connection with the iMac is a superior way to utilize Facetime. Faster, more reliable, more secure, and you need not worry about rf interference.
I'm not too familiar with Mountain Lion, so unfortunately, I can't help with the trouble shooting any further.
I'm using Facetime on an imac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 here, and i'm using a wired connection to the internet.  It seems to me that Mountain Lion users do have more problems with FT than SL users -- don't know why.  Just a guess, but to me it seems that the problem may be related to some sort of "setting" involved with the Mountain Lion network choices.  Sorry I can't offer anything substantial to you, but wanted to let you know that your on a good track with the wired connection. 

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