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
 
 
Appendix B
172
B
Ethernet wireless network B
Network Board 
Model name
NC-180w
LAN You can connect your machine to a network for Network Printing, Network 
Scanning, and PC Fax Send
1
, PC Fax Receive
1
 (Windows
®
 only) and Remote 
Setup
1
. Also included is Brother BRAdmin Light
2
 Network Management software.
Support for
Windows
®
 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista
®
Mac OS
®
 X 10.2.4 or greater
Protocols TCP/IP for IPv4: ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), 
NetBIOS/WINS, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, 
DNS Resolver, mDNS, FTP Server, TELNET, SNMPv1, 
TFTP, Scanner Port, Web Services, SMTP Client, 
POP before SMTP, SMTP-AUTH, POP3, APOP, FTP Client, 
LDAP
4
TCP/IP for IPv6: (Turned off as default) NDP, RA, LPR/LPD, 
Custom Raw Port/Port9100, mDNS, FTP Server, TELNET, 
SNMPv1, TFTP, Scanner Port, Web Services, SMTP Client, 
POP before SMTP, SMTP-AUTH, POP3, APOP, FTP Client, 
LDAP
4
Other: LLTD responder
Network Type IEEE 802.11 b/g (Wireless LAN)
Management 
utilities
3
BRAdmin Light for Windows
®
 2000 Professional, Windows
®
XP, 
Windows
®
XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista
®
 and 
Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4 or greater
BRAdmin Professional for Windows
®
2000 Professional, Windows
®
 XP, 
Windows
®
XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Vista
®
Web BRAdmin
3
 for Windows
®
2000 Professional, Windows
®
XP, 
Windows
®
XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Vista
®
Client computers with a web browser supporting Java™.
Frequency 2412-2472 MHz
RF channels USA/Canada 1-11
Japan 802.11b: 1-14, 802.11g: 1-13
Others 1-13
Communication 
mode
Infrastructure, Ad-hoc (802.11b only)
Data rates 802.11b 11/5.5/2/1 Mbps
802.11g 54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1 Mbps










