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
Control panel setup
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Auto 6
Automatically uses a DHCP request to determine the IP addresses for the primary and secondary WINS
servers. You must set the BOOT Method to Auto or DHCP for this feature to work.
Static 6
Uses a specified IP address for the primary and secondary WINS servers.
WINS Server 6
Primary WINS Server IP Address 6
This field specifies the IP address of the primary WINS (Windows
®
Internet Name Service) server. If set to a
non-zero value, the machine will contact this server to register its name with the Windows
®
Internet Name
Service.
Secondary WINS Server IP Address 6
This field specifies the IP address of the secondary WINS server. It is used as a backup to the Primary WINS
server address. If the Primary server is unavailable, the machine still can register itself with a secondary
server. If set to a non-zero value, the machine will contact this server to register its name with the Windows
®
Internet Name Service. If you have a primary WINS server, but no secondary WINS server, simply leave this
field blank.
a Press Menu.
b Pressa or b to choose Network.
Press OK.
c (For Wired) Press a or b to choose Wired LAN.
(For Wireless) Press a or b to choose WLAN.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose TCP/IP.
Press OK.
e Press a or b to choose WINS Server.
Press OK.
f Press a or b to choose Primary or Secondary.
Press OK.
g Enter the WINS Server address.
Press OK.
Note
For DCP models, press a or b repeatedly to enter the first three-digit number for the WINS Server address.
Press c to enter the second three-digit number. Repeat this step until you have entered the fourth three-
digit number to complete the WINS Server address. Press OK.
h Press Stop/Exit.