Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes
- Compilation and publication notice
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- Brother numbers
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only)
- 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 3 utility to change the wireless settings (Windows®)
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only) (Not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- 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 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 installation CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using WPS or AOSS™ from the control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Using the Brother automatic installer application on the installation CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application
- 5 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Printing the WLAN Report
- 6 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 7 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 8 Network printing from a Macintosh
- 9 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Index
Troubleshooting
97
9
(Windows
®
)
Confirming the IP address and the Subnet Mask using the Network
Connection Repair Tool.
Use the Network Connection Repair Tool to fix the machine's network
settings. It will assign the correct IP address and the Subnet Mask.
To use the Network Connection Repair Tool follow the steps below:
Note
• (Windows
®
2000/XP/Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7) Login into the
network with the Administrator right.
• Make sure that the Brother machine is turned on and is network-
connected to your computer.
1 (Windows
®
2000/XP, Windows Server
®
2003/2008)
Click the Start button, All Programs (Programs for
Windows
®
2000), Accessories and Windows Explorer, and then
My Computer.
(Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7)
Click the button and Computer.
2 Double
-click Local Disk (C:), Program Files or
Program Files (x86), Browny02, Brother, BrotherNetTool.exe to
run the program.
Note
If the User Account Control screen appears,
(Windows Vista
®
) Click Continue.
(Windows
®
7) Click Yes.
3 Follow the on screen instructions.
4 Check the diagnosis by printing the Network Configuration List.
If the correct IP address and the Subnet mask are still not assigned even
after using the Network Connection Repair Tool, ask the network
administrator for this information, or visit the Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com/
Did your previous printing
job fail?
wired/
wireless
If the failed printing job is still in the print queue of your computer delete it.
(Windows
®
)
Double-click the printer icon in the Printers and Faxes (Printers for
Windows
®
2000 and Windows Vista
®
/Devices and Printers for
Windows
®
7) folder. Choose the Cancel All Documents in the Printer
menu.
The machine cannot print or scan over the network.
The machine is not found on the network even after successful installation. (continued)
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