1) I am using a patch cable. I haven't yet looked for a twisted pair in the tangled drawer.
2) I did end up doing the firewire target disk thing for transferring the files I wanted to, right now. Worked fine. Problem is, I intend to use this as a travel machine. It works beautifully with Airport, but some hotels (like the one in Narita last month) only have wired internet, and you have to have working ethernet for that. On the other hand, there's plenty of time to get it all worked out, I just got back from the last one!
I should note that when I had the iMac connected to the Lombard, I was able to see the iMac on the Lombard, but not vice versa. So there may be more to it than that...
2) I did end up doing the firewire target disk thing for transferring the files I wanted to, right now. Worked fine. Problem is, I intend to use this as a travel machine. It works beautifully with Airport, but some hotels (like the one in Narita last month) only have wired internet, and you have to have working ethernet for that. On the other hand, there's plenty of time to get it all worked out, I just got back from the last one!
I should note that when I had the iMac connected to the Lombard, I was able to see the iMac on the Lombard, but not vice versa. So there may be more to it than that...