to connect the two computers together?
Take a look at this KB from Apple, contains all you need to know about Migration Assistant in Lion
Are you using a regular ethernet cable, not cross-over, directly between the two computers?
No hubs or switches?
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Am trying to transfer files from my old macbook 10.6.8 to new MPB 10.7.4. Would prefer to use Migration Assistant via Ethernet (faster than wireless, which I already tried; says it will take 45+ hours!) and have connected ether net cable to both machines. The new one says "Connected" in the networks panel, but the old one does not; seems to want to find internet. What network settings do I need to use to get the old one to see the new one? Thanks.

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