Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Step by step chart
- Setting up the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change the wireless settings (Windows®)
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008) (Not available for DCP models, MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW, MFC-257CW and MFC-295CN)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for DCP-365CN, DCP-395CN and MFC-295CN)
- Overview
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using SES, WPS or AOSS from the control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™
- Using the Brother automatic installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and MFC-795CW)
- 5 Wireless Configuration for Macintosh using the Brother installer application (For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and MFC-795CW)
- 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
- Setup Wizard (For wireless models)
- SES/WPS/AOSS (For wireless models)
- WPS w/PIN code (For wireless models)
- WLAN Status (For wireless models)
- Ethernet (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- MAC Address
- Network I/F (For wireless models, not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- WLAN Enable (For MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Network menu
- 7 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 8 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 9 Network printing from a Macintosh
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index
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Overview 1
The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet
network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of
connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These
functions include printing, scanning, PC-FAX send, PC-FAX receive, PhotoCapture Center™, Remote Setup
and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each
operating system.
1
Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW.
2
Not available for DCP-365CN, DCP-395CN and MFC-295CN.
3
BRAdmin Professional 3 and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com.
4
Not available for DCP models.
5
Not available for DCP models, MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW, MFC-257CW and MFC-295CN.
6
Black and White only.
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the
computers you use.
Introduction 1
Operating Systems
Windows
®
2000
Windows
®
XP
Windows
®
XP
Professional x64
Edition
Windows Vista
®
Windows Server
®
2003/2008
Windows Server
®
2003
x64 Edition
Mac OS X
10.3.9 - 10.4.x - 10.5.x
10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet
(TCP/IP)
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IEEE 802.11b/g wireless
Ethernet (TCP/IP)
2
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Printing rrr
BRAdmin Light rrr
BRAdmin Professional 3
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Web BRAdmin
3
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Scanning rr
PC Fax Send
46
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PC Fax Receive
56
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Remote Setup
5
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Status Monitor rr
Driver Deployment Wizard rr