Brother HL 2270DW User Manual

Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Print Server and Wireless Ethernet Print Server

NETWORK USER’S GUIDE

This Network User's Guide provides useful information of wired and wireless network settings and security settings using your Brother machine. You can also find supported protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips.

To find basic information about network and advanced network features of your Brother machine, see the Network Glossary. To download the latest manual, please visit the Brother Solutions Center at (http://solutions.brother.com/) the latest drivers and utilities for your machine, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions from the Brother Solutions Center.

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Definitions of notes

We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide:

IMPORTANT indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality.

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features.

IMPORTANT NOTE

 This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the

country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that country.

 Windows

Edition and Windows

 Windows Server

x64 Edition.

 Windows Server

R2.

 Windows Vista

 Windows

XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64

XP Home Edition.

2003 in this document represents Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server® 2003

2008 in this document represents Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Server® 2008

in this document represents all editions of Windows Vista®.

7 in this document represents all editions of Windows® 7.

 Not all models are available in all countries.

 The illustrations in this guide show the HL-2270DW / HL-2275DW.

1 Introduction 1

Network features........................................................................................................................................1

Other Network features .......................................................................................................................2

2 Changing your machine’s network settings 3

How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) .....................3

Using the BRAdmin Light utility ...........................................................................................................3

Other Management Utilities .......................................................................................................................6

Web Based Management (web browser) ............................................................................................6

BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows Web BRAdmin (Windows BRPrint Auditor (Windows

) (Not available for H-2135W) ...................................................................6

)................................................................................................................7

3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network

(For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW) 8

Overview....................................................................................................................................................8

Step by step chart for wireless network configuration ..............................................................................9

For Infrastructure mode .......................................................................................................................9

For Ad-hoc mode...............................................................................................................................10

Confirm your network environment..........................................................................................................11

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode)...11 Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network

(Ad-hoc mode)...............................................................................................................................11

Confirm your wireless network setup method..........................................................................................12

Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a

wireless network ............................................................................................................................12

Configuration using the one-push wireless setting mode to configure your machine for a wireless

network (Infrastructure mode only)................................................................................................13

Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup to configure your machine for a wireless

network (Infrastructure mode only)................................................................................................14

Configuring your machine for a wireless network (for Infrastructure mode and Ad-hoc mode)...............15

Using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless

network..........................................................................................................................................15

Using the one-push wireless setting mode to configure your machine for a wireless network..........15

Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup ...............................................................................18

) ........................................................................................6

4 Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application

(For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW) 21

Before configuring the wireless settings ..................................................................................................21

Configure the wireless settings................................................................................................................22

5 Control panel setup 25

Overview..................................................................................................................................................25

Reset the network settings to the factory default.....................................................................................26

Printing the Printer Settings Page............................................................................................................27

Enabling or disabling the wireless network (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW) .................28

Printing the WLAN report (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW) ............................................29

6 Web Based Management 30

Overview..................................................................................................................................................30

How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser).........................31

7 Security features 32

Overview..................................................................................................................................................32

Sending an E-mail securely .....................................................................................................................33

Configuration using Web Based Management (web browser) ..........................................................33

Sending an E-mail with user authentication ......................................................................................33

Secure Management using BRAdmin Professional 3 (Windows

To use the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility securely, you need to follow the points below ................35

)..........................................................35

8 Troubleshooting 36

Overview..................................................................................................................................................36

Identifying your problem ....................................................................................................................36

A Appendix A 42

Supported protocols and security features ..............................................................................................42

B Index 43

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Note

Introduction 1

Network features 1

Your Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired or IEEE 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

Although the Brother machine can be used in both a wired and wireless network, only one connection method can be used at a time.

Operating Systems

Printing rrr

BRAdmin Light

See page 3.

BRAdmin Professional 3

See page 6.

Web BRAdmin

See page 6.

Web Based Management (web browser)

See page 30.

Status Monitor

See User's Guide.

Driver Deployment Wizard rr

Vertical Pairing

See Network Glossary.

Windows® 2000/XP

Windows Vista

Windows®7

rrr

Windows Server® 2003/2008

Mac OS X 10.4.11 -

10.6.x

BRAdmin Professional 3 and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.

Not available for HL-2135W.

Windows®7 only.

Introduction

Other Network features 1

Security 1

Your Brother machine employs some of the latest network security and encryption protocols available. (See Security features on page 32.)

Note

Changing your machine’s network

settings

How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) 2

Using the BRAdmin Light utility 2

The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It also can search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.

Installing BRAdmin Light 2

 Windows®

a Please make sure that your machine is ON. b Turn on your computer. Close any applications running before configuration. c Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The opening screen will appear automatically. If

the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

d The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities. e Click BRAdmin Light and follow the on-screen instructions.

 Macintosh

The BRAdmin Light software will be installed automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you do not have to install BRAdmin Light again.

Setting the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light 2

• You can download Brother's latest BRAdmin Light utility from http://solutions.brother.com/.

• If you require more advanced machine management, use the latest version of the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/

Windows

• If you are using a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following the instructions.

• Node name: Node name appears in current BRAdmin Light window. The default node name of the print server in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address.)

• The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.

users.

. This utility is only available for

Changing your machine’s network settings

Note

a Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

 Windows

Click Start / All Programs1 / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

Programs for Windows®2000 users

 Macintosh

Double-click Mac OS X or Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities / BRAdmin Light.jar file.

b BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically. c Double-click the unconfigured device.

Windows

Macintosh

• If the print server is set to its factory default settings (if you do not use a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server), the device will appear as Unconfigured in the BRAdmin Light utility screen.

• You can find the Node Name and MAC Address (Ethernet Address) by printing the Printer Settings Page. (See Printing the Printer Settings Page on page 27 for information on how to print the Printer Settings Page.)

d Choose STATIC from Boot Method (BOOT Method). Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and

Gateway (if needed) of your print server.

Changing your machine’s network settings

Windows

Macintosh

e Click OK. f With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list.

Changing your machine’s network settings

Note

Other Management Utilities 2

Your Brother machine has the following management utilities other than the BRAdmin Light utility. You can change your network settings using these utilities.

Web Based Management (web browser) 2

A standard web browser can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). (See How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser) on page 31.)

BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®) 2

BRAdmin Professional 3 is a utility for more advanced management of network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother products on your network and view the device status from an easy to read explorer style window that changes color identifying the status of each device. You can configure network

and device settings along with the ability to update device firmware from a Windows

BRAdmin Professional 3 can also log activity of Brother devices on your network and export the log data in an HTML, CSV, TXT or SQL format.

computer on your LAN.

For users who want to monitor locally connected machines, install the Print Auditor Client software on the client PC. This utility allows you to monitor machines that are connected to a client PC via the USB or parallel interface from BRAdmin Professional 3.

For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

• 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 a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, re-enable the application.

• Node name: The Node name for each Brother device on the network appears in BRAdmin Professional 3. The default Node name is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address.)

Web BRAdmin (Windows®) (Not available for H-2135W) 2

Web BRAdmin is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother products on your network, view the status and configure the network settings.

Unlike BRAdmin Professional 3, which is designed for Windows that can be accessed from any client PC with a web browser that supports JRE (Java Runtime Environment).

By installing the Web BRAdmin server utility on a computer running IIS Web BRAdmin server using a web browser, which then communicates with the device itself.

only, Web BRAdmin is a server based utility

, administrators can connect to the

Changing your machine’s network settings

For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0/5.1/6.0/7.0

BRPrint Auditor (Windows®) 2

The BRPrint Auditor software brings the monitoring power of Brother network management tools to locally connected machines. This utility allows a client computer to collect usage and status information from a Brother machine connected via the parallel or USB interface. The BRPrint Auditor can then pass this information to another computer on the network running BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin 1.45 or greater (not available for HL-2135W). This allows the administrator to check items such as page counts, toner and drum status and the firmware version. In addition to reporting to Brother network management applications this utility can E-mail the usage and status information directly to a predefined E-mail address in a CSV or XML file format (SMTP Mail support required). The BRPrint Auditor utility also supports E-mail notification for reporting warning and error conditions.

Note

Configuring your machine for a wireless

network (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW)

Overview 3

To connect your machine to your wireless network, we recommend you to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide using Brother installer application on the CD-ROM which we have provided with the machine. By using

this method, you can easily connect your machine to your wireless network.

Please read this chapter for additional methods on how to configure the wireless network settings. For information on TCP/IP settings, see How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) on page 3.

• To achieve optimum results with normal everyday document printing, place the Brother machine as close to the WLAN access point/router as possible with minimal obstructions. Large objects and walls between the two devices as well as interference from other electronic devices can affect the data transfer speed of your documents.

Due to these factors, wireless may not be the best method of connection for all types of documents and applications. If you are printing large files, such as multi-page documents with mixed text and large graphics, you may want to consider choosing wired Ethernet for a faster data transfer, or USB for the fastest throughput speed.

• Although the Brother machine can be used in both a wired and wireless network, only one connection method can be used at a time.

• Before configuring wireless settings, you will need to know your Network name: (SSID, ESSID) and

Network Key. If you are using an enterprise wireless network you also need to know the User ID and Password.

Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW)

Step by step chart for wireless network configuration 3

For Infrastructure mode 3

a Confirm your network environment. See page 11.

 Infrastructure mode

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router

b Confirm your wireless network setup method. See page 12.

 Ad-hoc mode See page 10

Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router

Using the Brother installer application

Using the one-push

wireless setting mode

Using automatic

wireless

(one-push)

method

Temporarily using a USB or a

network cable

(Recommended)

c Configure your machine for a wireless network. See page 15.

See the Quick Setup Guide See page 15 See page 18

Using the PIN

Method of

Wi-Fi Protected

Setup

Installing the printer driver (See the Quick Setup Guide)

Wireless configuration and installing the printer driver have been completed.

Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW)

For Ad-hoc mode 3

a Confirm your network environment. See page 11.

 Ad-hoc mode

Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router

 Infrastructure mode See page 9

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router

b Confirm your wireless network setup method. See page 12.

Using the Brother installer application

c Configure your machine for a wireless network. See page 15.

See page 21

Installing the printer driver (See the Quick Setup Guide)

Wireless configuration and installing the printer driver have been completed.

Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-2135W, HL-2270DW and HL-2275DW)

Note

Confirm your network environment 3

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode) 3

1 WLAN access point/Router

2 Wireless network machine (your machine)

3 Wireless capable computer connected to the WLAN access point/router

4 Wired computer which is not wireless capable connected to the WLAN access point/router with a

network cable

Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network (Ad-hoc mode) 3

This type of network does not have a central WLAN access point/router. Each wireless client communicates directly with each other. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is part of this network, it receives all print jobs directly from the computer sending the print data.

1 Wireless network machine (your machine)

2 Wireless capable computer

We do not guarantee the wireless network connection with Windows Server® products in Ad-hoc mode.

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Brother HL 2270DW User Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Network features 1

Other Network features 1

Security 1

How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) 2

Using the BRAdmin Light utility 2

Installing BRAdmin Light 2

Setting the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light 2

Other Management Utilities 2

Web Based Management (web browser) 2

BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®) 2

Web BRAdmin (Windows®) (Not available for H-2135W) 2

BRPrint Auditor (Windows®) 2

Overview 3

Step by step chart for wireless network configuration 3

For Infrastructure mode 3

For Ad-hoc mode 3

Confirm your network environment 3

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode) 3

Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network (Ad-hoc mode) 3