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
 
 
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
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Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ 3
If your wireless access point supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (PIN Method), you can configure the machine 
easily without a computer. The PIN (Personal Identification Number) Method is one of the connection 
methods developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. By inputting a PIN which is created by an Enrollee (your machine) 
to the Registrar (a device that manages the wireless LAN), you can setup the wireless network and security 
settings. See the user’s guide for your wireless LAN router / access point for instructions on how to access 
the Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ mode.
Note
Routers or access points that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ have a symbol as shown below.
a Turn on the machine by plugging in the power cord.
b Press Menu on the control panel of the Brother machine.
c Press a or b to choose Network.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose WLAN.
Press OK.
e Press a or b to choose WPSw/PINCode.
Press OK.
f The LCD will show an 8 digit PIN and the machine starts searching for an access point for 5 minutes.
g Using a computer that is on the network, type “http://access point’s IP address/” into your browser. 
(Where “access point’s IP address” is the IP address of the device that is used as the Registrar
1
.) Go to 
the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup™) setting page and input the PIN which the LCD shows in f to the 
Registrar and follow the on-screen instruction.
1
The Registrar is normally the access point / router.
Note
The setting page is different, depending on the brand of access point / router. See the instruction manual 
that came with your access point / router.
If you are using your Windows Vista
®
 computer as a Registrar, follow the instructions below.
Note
To use a Windows Vista
®
 computer as a Registrar, you need to register it to your network in advance. See 
the instruction manual that came with your access point / router.










