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
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Are you connecting the
Brother machine to the
network using wireless
capabilities?
wireless Print the WLAN Report to confirm the state of a wireless connection. (For
how to print, see Printing the WLAN Report on page 79.)
If there is an error code on the printed WLAN report see Troubleshooting
in the Quick Setup Guide.
See The machine is not found on the network during the MFL-Pro Suite
installation. on page 95.
I have checked and tried all
of above, however the
machine does not
print/scan. Is there anything
else I can do?
wired/
wireless
Uninstall the MFL-Pro Suite and reinstall it.
I'm using security software.
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Did you choose to accept
the security alert dialog
during the MFL-Pro Suite or
BRAdmin Light installation
or when using the
printing/scanning features?
wired/
wireless
If you did not choose to accept the security alert dialog, the firewall function
of your security software may be rejecting access. Some security software
might block access without showing a security alert dialog. To allow access,
see the instructions of your security software or ask the manufacturer.
Note
Allow access when the alert message to block the following programs of
the security software appears during the MFL-Pro Suite installation.
BrC3Rgin.exe
BrnIPMon
Brother Status Monitor (Network)
ControlCenter Program
Generic Host Process f…
Setup.exe
Spooler SubSysytem App
wdsw MFC Application
I want to know the
necessary port number for
the security software
settings.
wired/
wireless
The following port numbers are used for Brother network features:
Network scanning i Port number 54925 / Protocol UDP
PC-FAX RX i Port number 54926 / Protocol UDP
Network scanning/printing, PC-FAX RX, Remote Setup
i Port number 137 / Protocol UDP
BRAdmin Light i Port number 161 / Protocol UDP
For details on how to open the port, see the instructions of the security
software or ask the manufacturer.
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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