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
Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only)
15
2
Changing the print server settings 2
Note
For wireless network users, you need to configure the wireless settings to change the print server settings.
(See Configuring your machine for a wireless network on page 18.)
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 2
a Start the BRAdmin Light utility.
Windows
®
2000/XP, Windows Vista
®
, Windows
®
7 and Windows Server
®
2003/2008
Click Start / All Programs
1
/ Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.
1
Programs for Windows
®
2000 users
Mac OS X 10.4.11 - 10.6.x
Double-click Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities /
BRAdmin Light.jar file.
b Choose the print server which you want to change the settings.
c Choose Network Configuration from the Control menu.
d Enter a password if you have set one.
e You can now change the print server settings.
Note
If you want to change more advanced settings, use the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is available as
a download from http://solutions.brother.com/
. For Windows
®
only.
Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change the wireless settings
(Windows
®
) 2
Note
• Please use the latest version of the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is available as a download from
http://solutions.brother.com/
. This utility is only available for Windows
®
users.
• If you are using Windows
®
Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, disable
all personal firewall software (other than Windows
®
Firewall), anti-spyware or antivirus applications for the
duration of the configuration. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings
following the instructions again.
• Node name: The node name appears in the current BRAdmin Professional 3 window. The default Node
name is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx”. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your MAC Address / Ethernet
Address.)