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
Control panel setup
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Gateway 5
This field displays the current gateway or router address used by the machine. If you are not using DHCP or
BOOTP to obtain the gateway or router address, enter the address you wish to assign. If you do not have a
gateway or router, leave this field blank. Check with your network administrator if you are unsure.
a Press Menu.
b Press a or b to choose Network.
Press OK.
c For DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W
(For Wired) Press a or b to choose Wired LAN, and press OK.
(For Wireless) Press a or b to choose WLAN, and press OK.
d Press a or b to choose TCP/IP.
Press OK.
e Press a or b to choose Gateway.
Press OK.
f Enter the Gateway address.
(For MFC models) Press OK.
(For DCP models) Press a, b , d or c to select , and press OK.
Note
For DCP models
To enter the number, press a, b, d or c to select a number displayed on the LCD. Then press OK. Repeat
this step until you have entered all the numbers.
g Press Stop/Exit.
Node Name 5
You can register the machine name on the Network. This name is often referred to as a NetBIOS name; it will
be the name that is registered by the WINS server on your network. Brother recommends the name
BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx for a wired network or BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx for a wireless network (where xxxxxxxxxxxx is
your machine’s Ethernet address) (up to 15 characters).
a Press Menu.
b Press a or b to choose Network.
Press OK.
c For DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W
(For Wired) Press a or b to choose Wired LAN, and press OK.
(For Wireless) Press a or b to choose WLAN, and press OK.
d Press a or b to choose TCP/IP.
Press OK.
OK
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