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
- 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 utility to change the wireless settings (For Windows®)
 - Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for DCP models)
 - Using the control panel to change the print server settings
 
 
 - 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 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
 
 - 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
 - 5 Wireless Configuration for Macintosh® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
 - 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
 - Setup Misc. (MFC-5490CN only)
 - Setup Wizard (wireless network only)
 - SES/WPS/AOSS (wireless network only)
 - WPS w/PIN code (wireless network only)
 - WLAN Status (wireless network only)
 - Ethernet (wired network only)
 - E-mail/I-FAX (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
 - Scan to FTP (For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
 - Scan to FTP (For MFC-6890CDW)
 - Time Zone (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
 - Network I/F (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
 - LDAP (For MFC-6890CDW)
 
 - 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 LDAP operation (For MFC-6890CDW)
 - 11 Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Internet fax overview
- Getting connected
 - Control panel key functions
 - Sending an Internet fax
 - Manually entering text
 - Receiving E-mail or Internet fax
 - Receiving an Internet fax to your computer
 - Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages
 - Relay broadcasting
 - TX Verification Mail
 - Setup Mail TX
 - Setup Mail RX
 - Error mail
 - Important information on Internet fax
 
 - Scan to E-mail Server overview (MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
 
 - Internet fax overview
 - 12 Security features (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
 - 13 Troubleshooting
 - Appendix A
 - Appendix B
 - Appendix C
 - Index
 
 
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Overview 8
To connect your machine to your network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. We 
recommend that you use the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM which we have provided with the 
machine. By using this application, you can easily connect your machine to your network and install the 
network software and printer driver which you need to complete the configuration of your machine for a 
network. You will be guided by the on-screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother network 
printer.
If you are a Windows
®
 user and want to configure your machine without using the Brother installer 
application, use the TCP/IP protocol in a Peer-to-Peer environment. Please follow the instructions in this 
chapter. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need 
to be able to print using your network printer.
Note
• You must configure the IP address on your machine before you proceed with this chapter. If you need to 
configure the IP address, see Setting up the IP address and subnet mask on page 12 first.
• Verify the host computer and the machine are either on the same subnet, or that the router is properly 
configured to pass data between the two devices.
• If you are connecting to a Network Print Queue or Share (printing only), see Installation when using a 
Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only) on page 169 for installation details.
• For MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW, DCP-6690CW and MFC-6890CDW, the default 
password is “access“. For other models, no password is required by default.
Network printing from Windows
®
 basic 
TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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