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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Compilation and publication notice
Under the supervision of Brother Industries, Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the 
latest product’s descriptions and specifications.
The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained 
herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the 
materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.
©2008 Brother Industries, Ltd.
IMPORTANT NOTE
 This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the 
country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that 
country.
 Windows
®
 XP in this document represents Windows
®
 XP Professional, Windows
®
 XP Professional x64 
Edition and Windows
®
 XP Home Edition.










