Hi, Migration Assistant is a different kettle of fish. Although, the basic answer is yes, sort of. Some complications will arise though if you are planning to have the units tethered more or less permanently. Normally, the ethernet connection is a higher priority than the wireless one thus once the connection is made, you will lose your IP address and most likely lose your Internet connection. There are workarounds for this sort of thing but they are not typically VO friendly.
The connection speed should be quicker than WIFI and depending on your router, could be slightly quicker then going through it as well. The problem I see with your design though is that, unless your other Mac is set up as a server, using it for Time Machine backups is not as easy as it appears. My suggestions for this would be to either have some sort of network access storage either through your existing router (if it supports it), to use a Time Capsule or Airport Extreme with external HD, or convert your other Mac to a MacOS Server. Financially, if your router supports NAS, that's the least expensive route, purchasing the MacOS Server is only $20 and the most expensive would be the Airport Extreme or Time Capsule route. Just because life is never easy, the less expensive routes are not necessarily the easiest methods to configure. Sorry, probably just gave you more questions than answers. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-11-05, at 1:40 PM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just wondering if it is possible to connect 2 macs on a wired network > directly with a cable. THe router is very far away from both to be close to > the dsl plug on the wall. I thought that just connecting with a cable should > do it since I did this with pc for migration assistent. > If it is indeed possible, how do I make sure the connection works and is it > slower than passing through a router? > > Thanks for your help. > > Best, > > Ioana > > Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online > stores. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
