Migrating assistant help! Ethernet

Please someone help me. I have a late 2007 Macbook Pro and just bought a 2011 Macbook Pro. Both have snow leopard and Im attempting to migrate through an ethernet cord. Is there ANYTHING that I need to do? I've plugged in the ethernet cord, turned off airport of my old mac and told my new mac that Im doing it through ethernet. I get to where It is preparing the information and then it comes up "failed to connect to network" What am I doing wrong? I did try to connect wirelessly before I went out and got the ethernet card. I shared my internet connect. I am out of things to do. Any ideas? Thank you

ame8199 wrote:
So the ethernet wont work? I just bought the cord for this purpose only...Walmart didnt have firewire cords well that makes me sad...
Thanks
It shouldn't! Return the cord to Walmart, get your money back and go to BestBuy. They have firewire cords. You can even call them to make sure they have them in stock.

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jlgoolsbee wrote:
* My backups, admittedly, excluded system files, but my understanding is that I should still be able to use Migration Assistant to restore user accounts/files, etc.
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