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)
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Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings
(MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only) (Not available for Windows Server
®
2003/2008) 2
Remote Setup for Windows
®
2
The Remote Setup application allows you to configure network settings from a Windows
®
application. When
you access this application, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your PC and
displayed on your PC screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them directly to the machine.
a Click the Start button, All Programs
1
, Brother, MFC-XXXX LAN, then Remote Setup (where XXXX is
your model name).
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Programs for Windows
®
2000 users
b Enter a password if you have set one.
c Click TCP/IP (Wired) or Setup Misc.
d You can now change the print server settings.
Remote Setup for Macintosh 2
The Remote Setup application allows you to configure many MFC settings from a Macintosh application.
When you access this application, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your
Macintosh and displayed on your Macintosh screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them directly
to the machine.
a Double-click the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop, Library, Printers, Brother, then Utilities.
b Double-click the Remote Setup icon.
c Enter a password if you have set one.
d Click TCP/IP (Wired) or Setup Misc.
e You can now change the print server settings.
Using the control panel to change the print server settings 2
You can configure and change the print server settings using the control panel Network menu. (See Control
panel setup on page 65.)