How to display my iPad 2 on my macbook air's screen WITHOUT using AirPlay?

I want to know how to do this using a "wired" solution.  I understand I can achieve this via aps that access AirPlay but it can be unreliable with spotty wifi connections. 

Make sure your iPad and iPhone are running iOS 6 (required to have a "unified" phone number for iMessage).  Also make sure your phone number is listed on your phone number is listed under You can be reached by iMessage at and Start new conversations from on your iPhone in Settings>Messages>Send & Receive.
If it still isn't working, on your iPad, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in.  Confirm that you phone number is now listed.
On your Mac open Messages and go to Preferences>Accounts, choose you iMessage ID on the left, then on the right, click Sign Out, then sign back in, make sure you check Enable this account, and that your phone number is now listed and checked under You can be reached by iMessage at.

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