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
Troubleshooting
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10
Scanning and PC Fax problems 10
The network scanning feature does not work in Windows
®
The network PC Fax feature does not work in Windows
®
10
Firewall settings on your PC may reject the necessary network connection for network printing, network
scanning and PC Fax. If you are using Windows
®
Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the
CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. If you did not install from the CD-ROM
follow the instructions below to configure Windows
®
Firewall. If you are using any other personal firewall
software, see the User’s Guide for your software or contact the software manufacturer.
UDP Port number information for Firewall configuration
10
1
Add Port number 137 if you still have trouble with your network connection after you added port 54925 and 54926. Port number 137 also supports
printing, PhotoCapture Center™ and Remote Setup over the network.
(Windows
®
XP SP2 or greater): 10
a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections and then
Windows Firewall. Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.
b Click the Advanced tab and Settings... button.
c Click the Add button.
d Add port 54925 for network scanning by entering the information below:
1. In Description of service: Enter any description, for example, “Brother Scanner”.
2. In
Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) or the computer hosting this service on your network
:
Enter “Localhost”.
3. In External Port Number for this service: Enter “54925”.
4. In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “54925”.
5. Make sure UDP is selected.
6. Click OK.
e Click the Add button.
f Add port 54926 for Network PC-Fax by entering the information below:
1. In Description of service: Enter any description, for example, “Brother PC Fax”.
2. In
Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) or the computer hosting this service on your network
:
Enter “Localhost”.
3. In External Port Number for this service: Enter “54926”.
4. In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “54926”.
5. Make sure UDP is selected.
6. Click OK.
g If you still have trouble with your network connection, click the Add button.
UDP Port Network Scanning Network PC-Fax Network Scanning and
Network PC-Fax
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External Port number 54925 54926 137
Internal Port number 54925 54926 137