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
 
 
Introduction
8
1
TELNET 1
The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration.
SNMP 1
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, 
routers and Brother network ready machines.
Web Services 1
The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista
®
 users to install the Brother printer driver by right-clicking 
the machine icon from the Network folder. (See Installation when using Web Services (For Windows Vista
®
users) on page 170.) The Web Services also let you check the current status of the machine from your 
computer.
FTP client (For MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW) 1
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows the Brother machine to scan black and white or color documents 
directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the internet.
LDAP (For MFC-6890CDW) 1
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) allows the Brother machine to search for information such as 
fax numbers and E-mail addresses from an LDAP server.
Note
The LDAP protocol is not supported for China.
IPv6 (For MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW, DCP-6690CW and MFC-6890CDW) 1
Your brother machine is compatible with IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. For more information on 
the IPv6 protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com
.
Other Protocol 1
LLTD 1
The Link Layer Topology Discovery protocol (LLTD) lets you locate the Brother machine easily on the 
Windows Vista
®
 Network Map. Your Brother machine will be shown with a distinctive icon and the node 
name. The default setting for this protocol is Off.
You can activate LLTD using the BRAdmin Professional utility software. Visit the download page for your 
model at http://solutions.brother.com
 to download BRAdmin Professional.










