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
Network printing from a Macintosh
128
9
Changing the print server settings 9
Changing the configuration using the Remote Setup
(Not available for DCP models, MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW, MFC-257CW and
MFC-295CN) 9
From a Macintosh, you can change the machine or print server parameters using the Remote Setup
application. (See 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) on page 18.)
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 9
Brother BRAdmin Light utility is a Java application that is designed for Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5.x environment.
BRAdmin Light allows you to change network settings on Brother network ready machine.
Note
• Please use the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. You can
also download the latest version of the BRAdmin Light utility from http://solutions.brother.com.
• Node Name: Node Name appears in current BRAdmin Light. The default Node Name is BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx
for a wired network or BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx for a wireless network (where xxxxxxxxxxxx is your machine’s
Ethernet address).
a Start the BRAdmin Light utility, by double-clicking the Macintosh HD icon on your desk top and clicking
Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities. And then, double-click the BRAdmin Light.jar file.
b Choose the print server which you want to change the settings.
c Choose Configure Print Server from the Control menu.
d Enter a password if you have set it. You can now change the print server settings.
Other sources of information 9
a Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing.
b See Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for
MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW) on page 10 to learn how to configure the IP address of
the machine.