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
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7 Network printing from Windows
®
basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 86
Overview..................................................................................................................................................86
Configuring the standard TCP/IP port......................................................................................................87
Printer driver not yet installed ............................................................................................................87
Printer driver already installed ...........................................................................................................88
Other sources of information ...................................................................................................................89
8 Network printing from a Macintosh 90
Overview..................................................................................................................................................90
How to choose the print server (TCP/IP)...........................................................................................90
Changing the print server settings...........................................................................................................92
Changing the configuration using the Remote Setup (MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only).............92
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings ..................................................92
Other sources of information ...................................................................................................................93
9 Troubleshooting 94
Overview..................................................................................................................................................94
A Appendix A 100
Using services .......................................................................................................................................100
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) ..........................................100
Using DHCP to configure the IP address ........................................................................................100
Using RARP to configure the IP address ........................................................................................101
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address......................................................................................102
Using APIPA to configure the IP address........................................................................................102
Using ARP to configure the IP address ...........................................................................................103
Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only) .......................................104
Installation when using Web Services (Windows Vista
®
and Windows
®
7) ..........................................105
B Appendix B 106
Print server specifications......................................................................................................................106
Wired network (DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only) ................................................106
Wireless network .............................................................................................................................107
Function table and default factory settings ............................................................................................109
Entering Text .........................................................................................................................................112
For MFC models..............................................................................................................................112
For DCP models ..............................................................................................................................113
CIndex 114