Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual

Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Multi-function Print Server

NETWORK

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USER’S GUIDE

MFC-8870DW

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1 Introduction

Overview................................................................................................................................................1

Network function features..................................... ....................................... ... ... ....................................2

Network printing...............................................................................................................................2

Network scanning............................................................................................................................2

Network PC-FAX .............................................................................................................................2

Fax to server....................................................................................................................................2

Management utility ...................................... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... .......................2

BRAdmin Professional (for Windows BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS

Remote Setup ............................................... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ..........................3

Types of Network Connections..............................................................................................................3

Network Connection Example .........................................................................................................3

Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP.............................................................................................3

Network Shared Printing..............................................................................................................4

Wireless network connection example............................................................................................5

Connected to a wireless capable computer with an access point in the networ k

(Infrastructure mode)...................................................................................................................5

Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point in the network

(Ad-hoc mode)............................ ....................................... ... ... ....................................... .............5

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable..............................6

Protocols................................................................................................................................................6

TCP/IP Protocols.............................................................................................................................6

DHCP/BOOTP/RARP..................................................................................................................6

APIPA..........................................................................................................................................6

DNS client....................................................................................................................................7

LPR/LPD .....................................................................................................................................7

Port 9100.....................................................................................................................................7

SMTP client.................................................................................................................................7

IPP...............................................................................................................................................7

mDNS..........................................................................................................................................7

TELNET.......................................................................................................................................7

SNMP..........................................................................................................................................7

Web server (HTTP) .....................................................................................................................7

FTP..............................................................................................................................................8

LDAP...........................................................................................................................................8

IPv6 .............................................................................................................................................8

X 10.2.4 or greater)......................................................................2

) .......................................................................................2

2 Configuring your network printer

Overview................................................................................................................................................9

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ..........................................................................................9

IP address ................................ ... ... ....................................... ... ... ....................................................9

Subnet mask..................................................................................................................................10

Gateway (and router)... ... ... ... ....................................... ... .... ... ...................................... .... ... . ..........10

Setting the IP address and subnet mask.............................................................................................11

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows

BRAdmin Professional utility .....................................................................................................11

only)......................................................................................11

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How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility...................................11

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network..................................................12

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network.....................................................12

Changing the print server settings.......................................................................................................12

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows

only).......................................................................................................................12

Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print/scan settings ...................................................13

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings

(for Windows Remote Setup for Windows Remote Setup for Macintosh

and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater).....................................................................13

.....................................................................................................13

...................................................................................................14

3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network

Overview..............................................................................................................................................15

Confirm your network environment......................................................................................................15

Wireless network connection example..........................................................................................15

Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network

(Infrastructure mode).................................................................................................................15

Connected to wireless capable computer without an access point in the network

(Ad-hoc mode)............................ ....................................... ... ... ....................................... ...........16

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable............................16

Confirm your network environment................................................................................................17

Configuration using SecureEasySetup™..................................................................................17

Configuration temporarily using a network cable.......................................................................17

Configuration using a wireless computer...................................................................................18

Wireless network terms and concepts.................................................................................................18

SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels...................................................................................18

SSID..........................................................................................................................................18

Channels ...................................................................................................................................18

Authentication and encryption .......................................................................................................19

Authentication methods.............................................................................................................19

Encryption methods...................................................................................................................19

Network key...............................................................................................................................20

Configuring your machine for a wireless network................................................................................20

Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel.............................................................................20

Using the SecureEasySetup

for a wireless network.................................................. ... .... ...................................... ... .... ..............25

Using the Brother Wireless LAN Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM to configure

your machine for a wireless network.............................................................................................26

Changing the print server settings.......................................................................................................26

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the wireless settings (for Windows

only).......................................................................................................................26

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network..................................................27

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network.....................................................27

Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings.................................................28

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings

(for Windows

and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater).....................................................................28

Remote Setup for Windows Remote Setup for Macintosh

software to configure your machine

.....................................................................................................28

...................................................................................................29

4 Wireless configuration for Windows

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Configuration in Infrastructure mode ...................................................................................................30

For Windows

Configuration with an access point that supports SecureEasySetup

98/98SE/Me/NT®/2000 Professional/XP................................................................30

...............................................39

Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP..... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ........39

Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode .... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ....................................... . ..........43

For Windows

98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP .......................................................................43

5 Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Configuration in Infrastructure mode ...................................................................................................51

For Mac OS

Configuration with an access point that supports SecureEasySetup

For Mac OS

Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode .... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ....................................... . ..........61

For Mac OS

X 10.2.4 or greater ..................................................................................................51

X 10.2.4 or greater ..................................................................................................58

X 10.2.4 or greater ..................................................................................................61

6 Control Panel Setup

LAN Main Setup Menu.........................................................................................................................67

Wired TCP/IP / WLAN TCP/IP.......................................................................................................67

BOOT Method ...........................................................................................................................67

IP Address..... ... ... ....................................... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ........................69

Subnet Mask .............................................................................................................................70

Gateway ....................................................................................................................................70

Node Name ...............................................................................................................................70

WINS Config..............................................................................................................................71

WINS Server..............................................................................................................................71

DNS Server ...............................................................................................................................72

APIPA........................................................................................................................................72

IPv6 ...........................................................................................................................................73

Ethernet (Wired network only).......................................................................................................73

Setup WLAN (Wireless network only) ............ ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ........74

Setup Wizard.... ....................................... ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... ..................74

SecurEasySetup........................................................................................................................74

Set to default .................................................................................................................................74

WLAN Status (Wireless network only)...........................................................................................74

Status ........................................................................................................................................74

Signal ........................................................................................................................................75

SSID..........................................................................................................................................75

Comm.Mode..............................................................................................................................75

Wired Enable (Wired network only)...............................................................................................76

Wireless Enable (Wireless network only)......................................................................................76

Setup I-Fax........................................... .... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ... .....................76

SMTP Server address...............................................................................................................77

POP3 Server address.................... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ... ..................................77

Mailbox Name............................................................................................................................77

Mailbox Pwd..............................................................................................................................78

Setup Mail RX.................................................... .... ... ... ... ....................................... ... ... .... ..............78

Auto Polling ...............................................................................................................................78

Poll Frequency...........................................................................................................................79

Header.......................................................................................................................................79

Del Error Mail.............................................................................................................................79

Notification.................................................................................................................................80

...............................................58

Setup Mail TX.............................................. ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ... .....................80

Sender Subject..........................................................................................................................80

Size Limit...................................................................................................................................81

Notification.................................................................................................................................81

Setup Relay.............................................. ... ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... ..................82

Rly Broadcast............................................................................................................................82

Relay Domain............................................................................................................................82

Relay Report..............................................................................................................................83

Scan to E-mail (E-mail server).......................................................................................................83

Colour File Type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)..................................................................83

Black and White File Type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)...................................................83

Scan to FTP...................................................................................................................................84

Colour File Type for Scan to FTP..............................................................................................84

Black and White File Type for Scan to FTP...............................................................................84

Fax to Server.................................................................................................................................85

Setting Fax to Server to On.......................................................................................................86

How to Operate ............................................. .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... ..................86

Time Zone ................................ ... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ........................................87

Windows

Restoring the network settings to factory default...........................................................................87

Printing the Network Configuration List.........................................................................................88

Time Zone Setting....................................................................................................87

7 Network printing from Windows

basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

Overview..............................................................................................................................................89

For Windows

Configuring the Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software.....................................................................89

For Windows NT

Installing the TCP/IP protocol........................................................................................................91

Other sources of information ...............................................................................................................91

8 Internet printing for Windows

Overview..............................................................................................................................................92

Brother Internet Print General Informatio n .. ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... ..................92

Brother Internet Print: Configuring the Brother Print Server..........................................................93

Brother Internet Print: Using the BRAdmin Professional utility

to Configure the Print Server............................. .... ... ... ... .... ...................................... ... .... ..............94

Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure the Print Server..................................95

Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP software on Windows

Adding a Second Brother Internet Port..........................................................................................97

Windows

Specifying a different URL...........................................................................................................100

Other sources of information .............................................................................................................100

98/Me/NT®/2000/XP users...........................................................................................89

Printer driver not yet installed............................................ ... ....................................... ... ... ........89

Printer driver already installed...................................................................................................90

Quick Tips..................................................................................................................................92

Print Server Configuration Checklist........................................... .... ... ... ... .... ... ...........................93

Setup from CD-ROM............... ... ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... .... ..............................95

4.0 users ................................................................................................................91

98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0...................................................................95

2000/XP IPP printing....................................................................................................98

9 Network printing from a Macintosh

Overview............................................................................................................................................101

How to select the print server (TCP/IP) (Mac OS How to select the print server (TCP/IP) (Mac OS

Changing the print server settings.....................................................................................................105

Changing the configuration using a web browser........................................................................105

Changing the configuration using the Remote Setup..................................................................105

Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings (for Mac OS

Other sources of information .............................................................................................................106

X 10.2.4 or greater) ...............................................................................................105

10 Web Based Management

Overview............................................................................................................................................107

How to connect to your machine using a Browser ......................................................................108

Password Information............................................ ... ... ... ....................................... ... ... ................108

Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a Browser..........................................................108

Changing the LDAP configuration using a Browser ....................................................................109

11 LDAP Operation

Overview............................................................................................................................................110

Changing the LDAP configuration using a Browser ....................................................................110

LDAP operation using the control panel................ ... ... ... ....................................... ... ... ................110

® X

10.2.4 or greater)......................................101

9.1 - 9.2).......................................................103

12 Internet FAX

Overview............................................................................................................................................112

Getting Connected ..................................................................................................................112

Control Panel Key Functions.......................................................................................................113

Sending an Internet Fax ..............................................................................................................113

Manually Entering Text................................................................................................................114

Receiving E-mail or Internet Fax .................................................................................................114

Receiving an Internet Fax to a PC...............................................................................................115

Forwarding Received E-mail and Fax Messages........................................................................115

Relay Broadcasting .....................................................................................................................115

Relay Broadcast from a machine ............................................................................................116

Sending to multiple phone numbers:....................................... ... .... ...................................... ... 11 6

Outlook 97/98/2000/2002/2003:..............................................................................................117

TX Verification Mail......................................................................................................................117

Setup Mail (TX)............... ... ....................................... ... ... .... ... ...................................... .... ............118

Setup Mail (RX)........... ... ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... .............................................118

Error mail........................................... ... ....................................... ... .... ... ......................................118

Important information on Internet Fax .........................................................................................119

13 Troubleshooting

Overview............................................................................................................................................120

General problems..............................................................................................................................120

CD-ROM is inserted, but does not start automatically.............................................................120

How to reset the Brother print server to factory default...........................................................120

My computer cannot find the machine/print server My machine/print server does not appear in the window of

Remote Setup or BRAdmin Professional (BRAdmin Light).....................................................120

Network print software installation problems.....................................................................................121

The Brother print server is not found during setup of the network print software installation or from the printer driver of the Brother machine in Windows The Brother print server is not found using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS

Printing problems........................ .... ...................................... .... ... ..................................... .................124

Print job is not printed..............................................................................................................124

Error during printing....................... ... ....................................... ... .... .........................................126

Scanning and PC-FAX problems.................... ... ... ... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... ... ................126

The network PC-FAX feature does not work in Windows

Protocol-specific troubleshooting.............................................. ... ... ... ... .............................................127

Windows

Want to use a different Port number other than 631. ..............................................................127

Get More Info option in Windows

Web browser troubleshooting (TCP/IP)....................................................... ................................127

LDAP troubleshooting..................................................................................................................127

Wireless network troubleshooting......................................................................................................128

Wireless setup problems .............................................................................................................128

Wireless connection problem ......................................................................................................129

The wireless network connection is sometimes disabled........................................................129

A Appendix A

Using services ...................................... ... ... ....................................... ... .... ... ... ...................................130

Other ways to set the IP address

(for advanced users and administrators)...........................................................................................130

Using DHCP to configure the IP address....................................................................................130

Using BOOTP to configure the IP address..................................................................................130

Using RARP to configure the IP address ....................................................................................132

Using APIPA to configure the IP address....................................................................................133

Using ARP to configure the IP address.......................................................................................133

Windows UNIX

Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address .............................................................134

Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS*

to configure the IP address....... ...................................... .... ... ... ....................................... ... .........135

Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)...................................136

. ............................121

X. ......................................................................................................121

......................................................126

2000/XP IPP troubleshooting.....................................................................................127

2000 not working..............................................................127

systems..................................................................................................................133

/Linux systems ....... ....................................... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ...................................... ...133

B Appendix B

Multi-function Print Server specifications...........................................................................................137

Ethernet wired network................................................................................................................137

Ethernet wireless network ...........................................................................................................138

Function table and default factory settings........................................................................................140

Entering Text .....................................................................................................................................143

I Index

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Introduction

Overview

The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g 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. These functions include printing, scanning, PC-FAX send, PC-FAX receive, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

Operating Systems

Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP /XP Professional x64 Edition

Windows NT® 4.0

Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

Mac OS® 9.1-9.2

10/100 BASE-TX Wired Ethernet (TCP/IP)

IEEE

802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP)

Printing Scanning PC-Fax

Send

PC-Fax Receive

Remote Setup

Status Monitor

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A wireless network connection is supported only between the Brother machine and an access point for PC’s running Windows NT®

Workstation 4.0 and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.

To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers you use.

For Wireless Users: To achieve optimum results with normal every day document printing, place the Brother machine as close to

the network 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.

Introduction

Network function features

Your Brother machine has the following basic network functions.

Network printing

The print server provides printing services for Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT®/2000/XP supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh network and Mac OS

supporting TCP/IP (Mac OS® 9.1-9.2 / Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater for a wired

X 10.2.4 or greater for a wireless network).

Network scanning

You can scan documents over the network to your computer or to a central server (See Chapter 4 for Windows

and Chapter 10 for Macintosh® of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM).

Network PC-FAX

You can directly send and receive a PC file as a PC-FAX over your network for transmission by the MFC (See Chapter 6 for Windows complete description). For Windows 6 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM).

and Chapter 7 for Macintosh® of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM for a

you can also receive a fax over the nework to your PC. (See Chapter

Fax to server

The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan documents and send them via a separate fax server. Unlike Internet Fax or I-Fax, the Fax to Server feature utilizes a server to send the documents as fax data over phone or T-1 lines.

Management utility

BRAdmin Professional (for Windows®)

The BRAdmin Professional utility provides powerful, easy to use configuration and management of fax and network settings.

BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

BRAdmin Light is a utility for viewing machine status and configuring network settings from a computer running Mac OS

X 10.2.4 or greater.

Introduction

Remote Setup

The Remote Setup software allows you to configure network settings from a Windows® or Macintosh® (Mac

X 10.2.4 or greater). (See Chapter 5 for Windows® and Chapter 11 for Macintosh® of the Software User’s

OS Guide on the CD-ROM).

Types of Network Connections

Network Connection Example

Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP

In a Peer-to-Peer environment, each computer directly sends and receives data to each device. There is no central server controlling file access or printer sharing.

Windows

Network printer (your machine)

Switch or Router

TCP/IPTCP/IP

■ In a smaller network of 2 or 3 computers, we recommend the Peer-to-Peer printing method as it is easier

to configure than the Network Shared Printing method described on the following page. See Network Shared Printing on page 4.

■ Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol.

■ The Brother machine needs an appropriate IP address configuration.

■ If you are using a router, the Gateway address must be configured on the computers and the Brother

machine.

Introduction

Network Shared Printing

In a Network Shared environment, each computer sends data via a ce ntrally contro lled co mpute r. This type of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs.

Windows

Network printer (your machine)

Windows

TCP/IP

Windows

Also known as “Server” or “Print Server”

Network Shared

■ In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment.

■ The “Server” or the “Print Server” must use the TCP/IP Print Protocol.

■ The Brother machine needs an appropriate IP address configuration unless the machine is shared via the

parallel port or USB port of the server.

Introduction

Wireless network connection example

Connected to a wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode)

This type of network has a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point can also act as a bridge or a gateway to a wired network. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is part of this network, it receives all print jobs via an access point.

Wired computer connected to the access point

Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode)

This type of network does not have a central access point. 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.

Introduction

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable

This type of network has a central access point at the heart of the netwo rk. The access point is connected to a computer which is not wireless capable with the Ethenet cable. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is a part of this network, it receives all print jobs via an access point.

Protocols

TCP/IP Protocols

Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on a network. Protocols allow users to gain access to network-connected resources.

The print server used on this Brother product supports the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocols.

TCP/IP is the most popular set of protocols and can be used in almost all operating systems such as Windows

The following TCP/IP protocols are available on this Brother product.

DHCP/BOOTP/RARP

By using the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, the IP address can be automatically configured.

To use the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, please contact your Network Administrator.

Note

, Macintosh® and Linux.

APIPA

If you do not assign an IP address manually (using the MFL-Pro Suite Installation or BRAdmin software) or automatically (using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server), the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will automatically assign an IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255.

Introduction

DNS client

The Brother print server supports the Domain Name Service (DNS) client function. This function allows the print server to communicate with other devices by using its DNS name.

LPR/LPD

Commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network.

Port 9100

Another commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network.

SMTP client

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) allows the Brother machine to send and receive e-mails.

IPP

The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) allows you to print documents via the internet.

mDNS

mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS® X Simple Network Configured system. (Mac OS

X 10.2.4 or greater).

TELNET

The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, routers and Brother network ready machines.

Web server (HTTP)

The Brother print server is equipped with a built in web server that allows you to monitor its status or change its configuration settings.

Note

We recommend Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Netscape Navigator 7.1 (or higher). If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.

Introduction

FTP

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows the Brother machine to scan black and white or colour documents directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the internet.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) allows the Brother machine to search for information such as fax numbers and E-mail addresses from an LDAP server.

IPv6

This machine is compatible with the IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. For more information on the IPv6 protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com

Configuring your network printer

Overview

Before you can use your Brother machine on your network, you need to install the Brother software and also configure the appropriate TCP/IP network settings on the machine itself. To do this, we recommend that you use the automatic installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software and network installation.

If you do not wish to use the automatic installer, or you do not understand some of the terms used by the automatic installer, refer to the remainder of this chapter for more information.

Note

If you do not wish to, or are unable to use the automatic installer or any of Brother’s softwa re tools, you can also use the machine’s control panel to change network settings. For more information, see Control Panel Setup on page 67.

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure its IP address and subnet mask. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the gateway address.

IP address

An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each device connected to a network. An IP address consists of four numbers separated by dots. Each number is between 0 and 255.

Example: In a small network, you would normally change the final number.

192.168.1.1

If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your network (typically a UNIX®/Linux or Windows® 2000/XP network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address from the DHCP server.

Note

On smaller networks, the DHCP server may be the Router.

For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP address on page 130, Using BOOTP to configure the IP ad dress on page 130 and Using RARP to configure the IP address on page 132.

, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3

Configuring your network printer

If you do not have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will automatically assign an IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. For more information on APIPA, see Using APIPA to configure the IP address on page 133.

If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network. For information on how to change the IP address, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask on page 11.

Subnet mask

Subnet masks restrict network communication. Example: PC1 can talk to PC2

PC1 IP Address:192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Note

0 denotes that there is no limit to communication at this part of the address.

In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with

192.168.1.X

Gateway (and router)

A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network and sends data transmitted via the network to an exact destination. The router knows where to direct data that arrives at the gateway. If a destination is located at an external network, the router transmits data to the external network. If your network communicates with other networks, you may need to configure the Gateway IP address. If you do not know the Gateway IP address then contact your Network Administrator.

Configuring your network printer

Setting the IP address and subnet mask

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows® only)

BRAdmin Professional utility

The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to allow you to manage your network connected Brother machines in a TCP/IP environment.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility

Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility from http://solutions.brother.com

• If you are using Personal Firewall software (e.g. the Internet Connection Firewall available in Windows software.

• Node name: Node name appears in current BRAdmin Professional window. The default Node name is “BRN_xxxxxx” or “BRW_xxxxxx” (“xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address.).

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

XP), disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall

. This utility is only available for Windows® users.

Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows® 98/98SE/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP), by clicking Start / Programs / Brother Administrator Utilities / Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities / BRAdmin Professional.

Select TCP/IP in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

Select Search Active Devices from the Devices menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new devices automatically.

Configuring your network printer

Note

• If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will appear as an APIPA device in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen.

• You can find the node name and IP address by printing the Network Configuration List. See Printing the Network Configuration List on page 88 for information on how to print the Network Configuration List on your print server.

Double-click the unconfigured device.

Enter the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server.

Click OK.

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

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network

You can configure your machine for a network using the control panel LAN menu. See Control Panel Setup on page 67.

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network

You can configure your machine for a network using other methods. See Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) on page 130.

Changing the print server settings

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows® only)

Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows® 98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP), by clicking Start / Programs / Brother Administrator Utilities / Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities / BRAdmin Professional.

Select TCP/IP in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

Select the print server which you want to configure, in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window.

Select Configure Print Server from the Control menu.

Enter a password. The default Password is “access”.

Configuring your network printer

You can now change the print server settings.

Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print/scan settings

A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 6.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator Transfer Protocol). To use a web browser, you must have assigned an IP address to the print server.

If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System (DNS), you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the Network Configuration List. See Printing the Network Configuration List on page 88 for information on how to print the Network Configuration List on your print server. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as BRW_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.

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version 7.1 or later) can be used to change your print server settings u sing the HTTP (Hyper Text

Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the print server name)

For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.)

Note

Click Network Configuration. Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is “admin” and the default Password is “access”.

Click OK.

Click Configure TCP/IP.

You can now change the print server settings.

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (for Windows® and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

Remote Setup for Windows

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.

Click the Start button, All Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX, Remote Setup, then MFC-XXXX LAN (where XXXX is your model name).

Enter a password. The default Password is “access”.

Configuring your network printer

Click TCP/IP.

You can now change the print server settings.

Remote Setup for Macintosh

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 directly to the machine.

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and displayed on your Macintosh® screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them

Double click the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop, Library, Printers, Brother, then Utilities. Double click the Remote Setup icon. Enter a password. The default Password is “access”. Click TCP/IP. You can now change the print server settings.

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

Overview

To connect your machine to your wireless network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. We recommend that you use the Setup Wizard from the machine’s control panel LAN menu. By using this method, you can easily connect your machine to your wireless network. Please follow the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide.

Please read this chapter for more details on how to configure the wireless network settin gs. For in formation on TCP/IP settings, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask on page 11. Then, in Chapter 7 (for Windows the operating system running on your computer.

Confirm your network environment

Wireless network connection example

) and Chapter 9 (for Macintosh®), you will learn how to install the network software and drivers into

Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode)

Wired computer connected to the access point

Connected to wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode)

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable

Confirm your network environment

The setup process will be different depending on your network environment.

Configuration using SecureEasySetup™.

If your wireless access point (A) supports SecureEasySetup™, you do not need to use a computer to configure the printer. The access point (router) and your machine can automatically negotiate using the SecureEasySetup™ procedure.

Configuration temporarily using a network cable

If there is an Ethernet Hub or Router in the same network as the wireless access point of your machine, you can temporarily connect the Hub or Router to the machine usi ng an Et hernet cable machine. You can then remotely configure the machine from a computer on the network.

(B), this is an easy way to configure the

Configuration using a wireless computer.

If your computer has wireless capability, you will need to change the wireless settings of the computer to Ad-hoc mode so you can directly connect and configure the machine.

Wireless network terms and concepts

When you configure the wireless network machine, you must ensure that your wireless network machine is configured to match the settings of the existing wireless network. This section provides some of main terms and concepts of these settings, which may be helpful when you configure the wireless network machine.

SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels

You need to configure the SSID and a channel to specify the wireless network you want to connect to.

SSID

Each wireless network has its own unique network name and it is technically referred to as SSID or ESSID (Extended Service Set Identifier). The SSID is a 32-byte or less value and is assigned to the access point. The wireless network devices you want to associate to the wireless network should match the access point. The access point and wireless network devices regularly send wireless packets (referred to as a beacon) which has the SSID information. When your wireless network device receives a beacon, you can identify the wireless network that is close enough for the radio waves to reach your device.

Channels

Wireless networks use channels. Each wireless channel is on a different frequency. When configuring your Brother device to work in a wireless network, you must set it to the channel that is used on the wireless network that you are connecting to. There are up to 14 different channels that can be used when using a wireless network. However, in many countries the number of channels available are restricted. For further information, see Ethernet wireless network on page 138.

Authentication and encryption

Most wireless networks use some kind of security settings. These security settings define the auth entication (how the device identifies itself to the network) and encryption (how the data is encrypted as it is sent on the network). If you do not correctly specify these options when you are configuring you r Brother wireless device, it will not be able to connect to the wireless network. Therefore care must be taken when configuring these options. Please refer to the information below to see which authentication and encryption methods your Brother wireless device supports.

Authentication methods

The Brother machine supports the following methods:

■ Open system

Wireless devices are allowed access the network without any authentication.

■ Shared key

A secret pre-determined key is shared by all devices that will access the wireless network. The Brother machine uses the WEP keys as the pre-determined key.

■ WPA-PSK

Enables a Wi-Fi machine to associate with access points using TKIP or AES encryption (WPA-Personal). (Se e Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode) on page 15).

■ LEAP

Cisco

LEAP (Light Extensible Authentication Protocol) has been developed by Cisco Systems, Inc.

which uses user ID and password for authentication.

Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA PSK), which enables the Brother wireless

Encryption methods

Encryption is used to secure the data that is sent over the wireless network. The Brother machine supports the following encryption methods:

■ None

No encryption method is used.

■ WEP

By using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the data is transmitted and received with a secure key.

■ TKIP

TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key mixing a message integrity check and re-keying mechanism.

■ AES

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is Wi-Fi

■ CKIP

The original Key Integrity Protocol for LEAP by Cisco Systems, Inc.

authorized strong encryption standard.

Network key

There are some rules for each security method:

■ Open system/Shared key with WEP

This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or HEXADECIMAL format.

• 64 (40) bit ASCII:Uses 5 text characters. e.g. “WLLAN” (this is case sensitive).

• 64 (40) bit hexadecimal:Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data. e.g. “71f2234aba”

• 128 (104) bit ASCII:Uses 13 text characters. e.g. “Wirelesscomms” (this is case sensitive)

• 128 (104) bit hexadecimal:Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data e.g. “71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa2ba”

■ WPA-PSK and TKIP or AES

Uses a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that is more than 7 and less than 64 characters in length.

■ LEAP

Uses User ID and Password.

• User ID : less than 64 characters in length.

• Password : less than 32 characters in length.

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

There are three methods to configure your wireless network machine; by using the machine control panel (recommended), using the SecureEasySetup in the CD-ROM.

Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel

You can configure your print server by using the Setup Wizard f unction. This is located in the LAN menu on the machine’s control panel. See to the steps below for further information.

Press Menu, 6, 2, 2, 1.

22.Setup WLAN

1.Setup Wizard

2.SecureEasySetup

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

software and using the automatic configuration application

If you are prompted to enable the wireless LAN interface, select On using ▲ or ▼, and press OK.

22.Setup WLAN WLAN Enable?

Select

Off

▲ ▼ & OK

Note

After you enable the wireless LAN interface, the wired LAN interface will be set to Off.

Start to search for SSID around the machine.

22.Setup WLAN

1.Setup Wizard

Searching SSID

After a few tens of seconds, you can select the SSIDs from the list using ▲ or ▼. Press OK to select the SSID. If you select SSID displayed, go to step 6. If you want to add a new SSID, go to step 4.

22.Setup WLAN SSID

▲ Brother ▼ Network

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Note

If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID name. Go to step 4.

Select <NEW SSID> using ▲ or ▼ and press OK. Go to step 5.

22.Setup WLAN SSID

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Enter a new SSID. For information how to type text, see Entering Text on page 143.

22.Setup WLAN SSID:

Enter & OK

Press OK. Go to step 6.

Using ▲ or ▼, select Infrastructure when instructed. Press OK. Go to step 7. For more information on Ad-hoc and Infrastructure mode, see Wireless network connection example on page 15. If you select Ad-hoc, go to step 8.

22.Setup WLAN Mode Select

▲ Ad-hoc ▼ Infrastructure

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Select the Authentication method using ▲ or ▼, and press OK. If you select Open System, go to step 8. If you select Shared Key, go to step 9. If you select WPA/WPA2-PSK, go to step 12. If you select LEAP, go to step 13.

22.Setup WLAN

Auth. Select

▲ Open System ▼ Shared Key

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Select the Encryption type, None or WEP using ▲ or ▼, and press OK.

22.Setup WLAN Auth. Select

▲ WPA/WPA2-PSK ▼ LEAP

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

If you select None, go to step 15. If you select WEP, go to step 9.

22.Setup WLAN Encryption Type?

▲ WEP ▼ None

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Select the key option; KEY1, KEY2, KEY3, KEY4 using ▲ or ▼, and press OK.

22.Setup WLAN WEP Key

▲ Key 1********** ▼ Key 2

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

22.Setup WLAN WEP Key

▲ Key 3 ▼ Key 4

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

If you select the key which shows **********, go to step 10. If you select a blank key, go to step 11.

If you want to change the key you selected in step 9, select 1. Change and press OK. Go to step 11. If you want to keep the key you selected in step 9, select 2. Keep and press OK. Go to step 15.

22.Setup WLAN Key 1**********

▲ 1.Change ▼ 2.Keep

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Enter a new WEP key and press OK. Go to step 15. To manually enter the text, see Entering Text on page 143.

22.Setup WLAN WEP:

Enter & OK

Select the Encryption type, TKIP or AES using ▲ or ▼ and press OK. Go to step 14.

22.Setup WLAN Encryption Type?

▲ TKIP ▼ AES

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Enter the user name and press OK. Go to step 14. To manually enter the text, see Entering Text on page

143.

22.Setup WLAN USER:

Enter & OK

Enter the password and press OK. Go to step 15.

22.Setup WLAN PASS:

Enter & OK

The following will be displayed. To apply the wireless settings, select 1. Yes and press OK. To cancel, select 2. No.

22.Setup WLAN Apply Settings?

▲ 1.Yes ▼ 2.No

Select

▲ ▼ & OK

If you select 1.Yes, go to step 16. If you select 2. No, go to step 2.

The machine starts to connect the wireless device you have selected.

22.Setup WLAN

Connecting WLAN

If you connect to the wireless network successfully, the display shows Connected for 2 seconds and configuration is completed.

22.Setup WLAN

Connected

If the connection fails, the display will shows Connection Error for 2 seconds. See Wireless network troubleshooting on page 128.

Using the SecureEasySetup for a wireless network

software to configure your machine

The SecureEasySetup manually. By pushing a button on the wireless router or access point, you can complete setup a nd secure the wireless network. Your router or access point must also support SecureEasySetup for your wireless LAN router or access point for instructions to configure your machine for a wireless network.

Note

Routers or access points that support SecureEasySetupTM have the SecureEasySetupTM symbol as shown below.

Place the Brother machine close to your wireless router/access point. (Less than 5 m/16 feet.).

Push the SecureEasySetupTM button on your wireless router or access point. See the user’s guide for your wireless router or access point for instructions.

software allows you to configure the wireless network easier than configuring it

. See the user’s guide

Press Menu, 6, 2, 2, 2, on the control panel of the Brother machine.

The wireless network connection status using SecureEasySetupTM will be displayed; Connecting WLAN, Connected or Connection Error.

Connecting WLAN is displayed when the Brother machine is trying to make connections to your router or access point. Wait till either Connected or Connection Error is displayed.

Connected is displayed when the Brother machine is successfully connected to your router or access

point. You can now use your machine with your wireless network. Connection Error is displayed when the Brother machine has not successfully connected to your

router or access point. Try starting from Step 1 again. If the same message is displayed again, reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try again.

Press Stop/Exit.

Using the Brother Wireless LAN Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network

See Chapter 4 (for Windows®) and Chapter 5 (for Macintosh®) for information on how to use the Brother Wireless LAN Setup Wizard on the CD-ROM we have provided with the machine.

Changing the print server settings

Once you have configured your machine for a wireless network, you can change the print server settings using the BRAdmin Professional utility, the Remote Setup software or the control panel on the front of the Brother machine.

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the wireless settings (for Windows® only)

Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility version that was supplied on the CD-ROM with your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version from http://solutions.brother.com

• If you are using Personal Firewall software (e.g. the Internet Connection Firewall available in Windows software.

• Node name: Node name appears in current BRAdmin Professional window. The de fault Node name is "BRN_xxxxxx" or "BRW_xxxxxx" ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet address.).

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

XP), disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall

. This utility is only available for Windows® users.

Select TCP/IP in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

Select the print server which you want to configure, in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window.

Select Configure Wireless Print Server from the Control menu.

Enter a password. The default password is “access”.

You can now change the wireless settings.

Note

• If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will appear as an APIPA device in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen.

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network

You can configure your machine for a network using the control panel LAN menu. See Control Panel Setup on page 67.

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network

You can configure your machine for a network using other methods. See Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) on page 130.

Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings

If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System (DNS), you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the Network Configuration List. See Printing the Network Configuration List on page 88 for inf ormation on how to print the Network Configuration List on your print server. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as BRW_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.

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version 7.1 or later) can be used to change your print server settings u sing the HTTP (Hyper Text

Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the print server name)

For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.)

Note

Click Network Configuration. Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is “admin” and the default Password is “access”.

Click OK.

Select Wireless tab and then click Configure TCP/IP.

You can now change the print server settings.

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (for Windows® and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

Remote Setup for Windows

Click the Start button, All Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX, Remote Setup, then MFC-XXXX LAN (where XXXX is your model name).

Enter a password. The default Password is “access”.

Click TCP/IP (WLAN).

You can now change the print server settings.

Remote Setup for Macintosh

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and displayed on your Macintosh® screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them

Wireless configuration for Windows

Configuration in Infrastructure mode

For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT®/2000 Professional/XP

Important

If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine, you must reset the network LAN settings before you can configure the wireless settings again. Press Menu, 6, 0, 1 and select 1. Yes to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your computer. (For Windows Close any applications running before installing the MFL-Pro Suite.

2000 Professional/XP, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.)

Note

■ Before configuration, if you are using personal firewall software, disable it. Once you ar e sure that you can

print after the configuration, restart your personal firewall software.

■ A wireless network connection is supported only between the Brother machine and an access point for

PC’s running Windows NT

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

workstation 4.0 and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.

Wireless configuration for Windows

The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities.

Note

If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.

Click Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Choose Manual and then click Next

For configuration, it is recommended that you temporarily connect your Brother wireless device directly to a free port on your access point, hub or router using a network cable.

If you can temporarily connect with a network cable: Check I’m able to temporarily connect my device to my access point with a network cable. and then click Next. Go to step 9.

If you do not have a network cable or cannot temporarily connect the Brother wireless device to your access point:Choose I’m not able to connect

my device to my access point with a network cable and then click Next. Go to step 10.

Connect the Brother wireless device to your access point using a network cable and click Next. Go to step 13.

Wireless configuration for Windows

If you choose The PC has wireless capability.,

check I am using an access point in

infrastructure mode., and then click Next. Go to step 11.

If you are using a wired computer, choose The PC uses a newtwork cable to connect the wireless network., you must configure the wireless settings

from the control panel. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. See Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel on page 20.

Wireless configuration for Windows

You need to temporarily change your PC’s wireless

settings. Please follow the on-screen instructions. Please make sure you take notes on all the settings such as SSID or channel of your PC. You will need them to return your PC back to its original wireless settings.

Item Record the current wireless computer settings

Communication mode: (Infrastructure/Ad-hoc)

Channel: (1-14)

Network name (SSID/ESSID)

Authentication method (Open system/Shared key)

Encryption: (None/WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK/

LEAP) Encryption key:

Wireless configuration for Windows

To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC to match machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Click Next.

Note

■ If a message to restart your PC appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your PC

and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 11 and 12.

■ For Windows

You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC, following the steps below:

XP SP2 users

(1) Click Start and then Control Panel. (2) Click Network Connections icon. (3) Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks. (4) You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect. (5) Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change fro m 0.0.0.0.

to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).

If more than one wireless machine is available on the network, the following list appears. If the list is blank, check if the access point and the machine are powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next.

Note

The Default Node name of the NC-xxxx (where “xxxx” is your model name) is “BRW_xxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address).

Wireless configuration for Windows

The wizard will search for wireless networks available from your machine. If more than one wireless network is available, the following list appears. Choose the access point you wish to associate the machine with, and then click Next.

Note

• If the list is blank, check that the access point has power and is broadcasting the SSID, and then see if the machine and the access point are within range for wireless communication. Then, click Refresh..

• If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID you can manually add it by clicking the Add button. Follow the on-screen instructions for entering the Name (SSID) and the Channel number.

• "SETUP" is the default SSID of the machine. Do not choose this SSID.

If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue installation, click OK and go to step 17.

If your network is configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. When configuring your Brother wireless machine, you must ensure that it is configured to match the Authentication and Encryption settings of your existing wireless network. Choose the Authentication Method and Encryption Mode from the pull-downs in each setting box. Then enter the Network key and click Next.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Note

• If you want to set more than one WEP key, click Advanced.

• If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Click Next. The settings will be sent to your machine. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel.

If you chose to use a network cable in step 8, go to step 18. If you chose not to use a network cable in step 8, go to step 19.

Note

If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your machine, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP address settings for your network.

Disconnect the network cable between your access point (hub or router) and the machine, and click

Next.

Note

Wireless communication will not start until you have disconnected the network cable.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Using the information you recorded in step 11, return the wireless settings of your computer back to their original settings. Click Next.

You have completed the wireless setup. Click Finish. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, please select Install MFL-Pro Suite from CD-ROM menu.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Configuration with an access point that supports SecureEasySetup

Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP

Important

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your computer. (For Windows Close any applications running before configuration.

2000 Professional/XP, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.)

Note

Before configuration, if you are using personal firewall software, disable it. Once you are sure that you can print after the installation, restart your personal firewall software.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Note

If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.

Click Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Choose I’d like to use the SecureEasySetupTM function of my access point to configure my wireless device. and click Next.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Make sure you read and confirm the on-screen message and click Next.

Temporarily place the machine within a 5 m/16 feet range from the access point.

Refer to the instruction manual that came with your access point to set the SecureEasySetupTM mode of your access point.

Put the machine in SecureEasySetupTM mode. Press 6, 2, 2, 2, for SecurEasySetup and press OK.

Note

• It will take approximately one minute for the LAN menu on the LCD to become available after the machine restarts or is turned on.

• If the LCD shows Connection Error, please try again.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Click Finish.

The configuration is finished. Relocate the machine to a location that is within range of your access point. You have completed the wireless setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software

necessary for operating your device, please select Install MFL-Pro Suite from CD-ROM menu.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode

For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP

Important

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your computer. (For Windows Close any applications running before configuration.

Note

Before configuration, if you are using personal firewall software, disable it. Once you are sure that you can print after the installation, restart your personal firewall software.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities.

2000 Professional, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.)

Wireless configuration for Windows

Note

If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.

Click Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Choose Manual and then click Next

Wireless configuration for Windows

Choose I’m not able to connect my device to my access point with a network cable. Click Next.

Choose This PC has wireless capability, and make sure I am using an access point in infrastructure mode is not checked. Click Next.

Wireless configuration for Windows

You need to temporarily change your PC’s wireless

Item Record the current wireless computer settings

Communication mode: (Infrastructure/Ad-hoc)

Channel: (1-14)

Network name (SSID/ESSID)

Authentication method (Open system/Shared key)

Encryption: (None/WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK/

LEAP) Encryption key:

Wireless configuration for Windows

To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC to match machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Click Next.

Note

■ If a message to restart your PC appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your PC

and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 10 and 11.

■ For Windows

You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC, following the steps below:

(1) Click Start and then Control Panel.

XP SP2 users

(2) Click Network Connections icon. (3) Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks. (4) You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect. (5) Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change fro m 0.0.0.0.

to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).

Note

The Default Node name of the NC-xxxx (where “xxxx” is your model name) is “BRW_xxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address).

Wireless configuration for Windows

The wizard will search for wireless networks available from your machine. If more than one wireless network is available, the following list appears. Choose the Ad-hoc network you wish to associate the machine with, and then click Next.

If no Ad-hoc wireless network are available, you need to create a new wireless network. Go to step

16.

Note

• If your target Ad-hoc network does not appear on the list, you can manually add it by clicking the Add button. Follow the on-screen instructions for entering the Name (SSID) and the Channel number.

• Check This is an Ad-hoc network and there is no access point.

• If the list is blank, check if the machine is within range for wireless communication. Then, click Refresh.

If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue installation, click OK and go to step 17.

Wireless configuration for Windows

Note

• If you want to set more than one WEP key, click Advanced.

• If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Enter a new SSID and choose the Authentication Method and Encryption Mode from the pull-downs

in each setting box. Then enter the Network key and click Next.

Note

If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Click Next. The settings will be sent to your machine. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel.

Note

If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your machine, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP address settings for your network. After making your selection, click Next and the Wizard will search for available wireless networks.

Wireless configuration for Windows

To communicate with the configured wireless device, you must configure your PC to use the same wireless settings. Manually change the wireless settings on your PC to match the machine’s wireless settings shown on this screen. Click Next. (The settings shown on this screen are for example only. Your settings will not be the same.)

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Configuration in Infrastructure mode

For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

Important

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your Macintosh®.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the Utilities icon and then Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Choose Manual and then click Next.

For configuration, it is recommended that you temporarily connect your Brother wireless device directly to a free port on your access point, hub or router using a network cable.

If you can temporarily connect with a network cable: Check Are you able to temporarily connect your

device to your access point with a network cable? and then click Next. Go to step 8.

If you do not have a network cable or cannot temporarily connect the Brother wireless device to your access point:Choose I’m not able to connect

my device to my access point with a network cable and then click Next. Go to step 9.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Connect the Brother wireless device to your access point using a network cable and click Next. Go to

step 12.

If you choose The PC has wireless capability., check I am using an access point in

infrastructure mode., and then click Next. Go to step 10.

If you choose The PC uses a newtork cable to connect the wireless network., you must configur e

the wireless settings from the control panel. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. See Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel on page 20

You need to temporarily change your PC’s wireless settings. Please follow the on-screen instructions. Please make sure you take notes on all the settings such as SSID or channel of your PC. You will need them to return your PC back to its original wireless settings.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Item Record the current wireless compute r set tin g s

Communication mode: (Infrastructure/Ad-hoc)

Channel: (1-14)

Network name (SSID/ESSID)

Authentication method (Open system/Shared key)

Encryption: (None/WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK/ LEAP)

Encryption key:

To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings

on your Macintosh

to match machine’s default

settings shown on this screen. Click Next.

If more than one wireless machine is available on the network, the following list appears. If the list is blank, check that the access point and the machine are powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next.

Note

The Default Node name of the NC-xxxx (where “xxxx” is your model name) is “BRW_xxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address).

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Note

• If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID you can manually add it by clicking the Add button. Follow the on-screen instructions for entering the Name (SSID) and the Channel number.

• "SETUP" is the default SSID of the machine. Do not choose this SSID.

If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue installation, click OK and go to step 16.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Note

• If you want to set more than one WEP key, click Advanced.

• If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Click Next. The settings will be sent to your machine. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel.

If you chose to use a network cable in step 7, go to step 17. If you chose not to use a network cable in step 7, go to step 18.

Note

• If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your machine, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP address settings for your network.

Disconnect the network cable between your access point (hub or router) and the machine, and click

Next. Go to step 19.

Note

Wireless communication will not start until you have disconnected the network cable.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Using the information you recorded in step 10, return the wireless settings of your computer back to their original settings. Click Next.

You have completed the wireless setup. Click Finish. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, select Start Here OS X from CD-ROM menu.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Configuration with an access point that supports SecureEasySetup

For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

Important

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your Macintosh®.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the Utilities icon and then Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Choose I’d like to use the SecureEasySetupTM function of my access point to configure my wireless device. and click Next.

Ensure the on-screen message and click Next.

Temporarily place the machine within a 5 m/16 feet range from the access point.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Refer to the instruction manual that came with your access point to set the SecureEasySetupTM mode of your access point.

Put the machine in SecureEasySetupTM mode. Press 6, 2, 2, 2, for SecurEasySetup and press OK.

Note

• It will take approximately one minute for the LAN menu on the LCD to become available after the machine restarts or is turned on.

• If the LCD shows Connection Error, please try again.

Click Finish.

The configuration is finished. Relocate the machine to a location that is within range of your access point.

You have completed the wireless setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, select Start Here OSX from CD-ROM menu.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode

For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

Important

Turn on the machine. Press Menu, 6, 2, 5. Using ▲ or ▼, select On and press OK.

62.WLAN

5.WLAN Enable On Off

Select ▲ ▼ & OK

Turn on your Macintosh®.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the Utilities icon and then Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Read the Important Notice and click Next.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Choose Manual and then click Next.

Choose I’m not able to connect my device to my access point with a network cable. Click Next.

If you are using a wireless computer, choose This PC has wireless capability., and make sure I am using an access point in infrastructure mode is not checked. Click Next.

You need to temporarily change the wireless settings of your Macintosh Please follow the on-screen instructions. Please make sure you take notes on all the settings such as SSID or channel of your Macintosh them when if you want to restore the current settings in future.

. You may need

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Item Record the current wireless computer settings

Communication mode: (Infrastructure/Ad-hoc)

Channel: (1-14)

Network name (SSID/ESSID)

Authentication method (Open system/Shared key)

Encryption: (None/WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK/ LEAP)

Encryption key:

To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, change the wireless settings on your

Macintosh

to the machine’s default settings which

are shown on the screen. Click Next.

If more than one wireless machine is available on the network, the following list appears. If the list is blank, check if the machine is powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next.

Note

The Default Node name of the NC-xxxx (where “xxxx” is your model name) is “BRW_xxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address).

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

If no Ad-hoc wireless network are available, you need to create a new wireless network. Go to step

15.

Note

• Check This is an Ad-hoc network and there is no access point.

• If the list is blank, check if the machine is within range for wireless communication. Then, click Refresh.

If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue installation, click OK and go to step 16.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Note

• If you want to set more than one WEP key, click Advanced.

• If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Enter a new SSID and choose Authentication Method and Encryption Mode from the pull-downs

in each setting box. Then enter the Network Key and click Next.

Note

If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator.

Click Next. The settings will be sent to your machine. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel.

Wireless configuration for Macintosh

Note

If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your machine, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP address settings for your network.

To communicate with the configured wireless device, you must configure your Macintosh same wireless settings. Manually change the

wireless settings on your Macintosh

to match the machine’s wireless settings shown on this screen. Click Next. (The settings shown on this screen are for example only. Your settings will not be the same.)

You have completed the wireless setup. Click Finish. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, select Start Here OS X from CD-ROM menu.

to use

Control Panel Setup

LAN Main Setup Menu

The control panel LAN menu section can be used to configure network settings. Press Menu, then press number 6 for LAN then proceed to the menu selection you wish to configure.

Please note that the machine is supplied with Remote Setup applications for Windows BRAdmin Professional utility for Windows protocol (web based management) for Windows aspects of the network. See Changing the print server settings on page 12 for Windows print server settings on page 105 for Macintosh

, BRAdmin Light utility for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater and HTTP

and Macintosh®, which also can be used to configure many

and Macintosh®, the

and Changing the

Wired TCP/IP / WLAN TCP/IP

If you connect the machine with the Ethernet cable to your network, use the Wired TCP/IP menu sele ctions. If you connect the machine to the wireless Ethernet network, use the WLAN TCP/IP menu selections.

This menu has ten sections: Boot Method, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Node Name, WINS

Config, WINS Server, DNS Server, APIPA and IPv6.

BOOT Method

This selection controls how the machine obtains the IP address for itself. The default setting is Auto.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 1. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 1.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto, Static, RARP, BOOTP or DHCP.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Auto mode

In this mode, the machine will scan the network for a DHCP server, if it can find one, and if the DHCP server is configured to allocate an IP address to the machine, then the IP address supplied by the DHCP server will be used. If no DHCP server is available, the machine will scan for a BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is available, and it is configured correctly, the machine will take its IP address from the BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is not available, the machine will scan for a RARP server. If a RARP server also does not answer, the machine will use an APIPA address, see Using APIPA to configure the IP address on page 133. This whole process can take 2 to 3 minutes so we recommend printing a Network Configuration List to confirm the network settings are set correctly.

Static mode

In this mode the machine’s IP address must be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked to the assigned address.

Control Panel Setup

RARP mode

Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with an en try similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107 (or BRW_310107 for a wireless network)

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print server and the second entry is the na me of the print server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).

If the RARP daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the system the command can be rarpd, rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a or something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for additional information). To verify that the RARP daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX-based system, type the following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother print server will get the IP address from the RARP daemon when it is powered on.

BOOTP mode

BOOTP is an alternative to RARP. However, unlike RARP, it is able to configure the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is usually started up via the /etc/inetd.conf file, so you may need to enable it by removing the “#” in front of the bootp entry in that file. For example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file would be:

#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i

Note

Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead of “bootp”.

In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the “#” (if there is no “#”, then BOOTP is already enabled). Then edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet address and the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the print server. Unfortunately, the exact format for doing this is not standardized, so you will need to refer to your system documentation to determine how to enter this information (many UNIX

systems also have template examples in the bootptab file that you can use for reference). Some examples of typical /etc/bootptab entries include: (“BRN” below is “BRW” for a wireless network.)

BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3

and:

BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\ ip=192.189.207.3:

Control Panel Setup

Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host and specify the name of this file and its path in the configuration file.

As with RARP, the print server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on.

DHCP mode

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have a DHCP server in your network (typically a UNIX print server automatically obtains its IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.

Note

If you do not want your print server to be configured using DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the BOOT METHOD to static, this will prevent the print server from trying to obtain an IP address from any of these systems. To change the BOOT METHOD, use the control panel, Web browser or by using the BRAdmin application.

, Windows® 2000/XP network) the

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the machine. If the BOOT Method is set to Static, enter the IP address that you wish to assign to the machine (check with your network manager for the IP address to use). If you have selected a method other than Static, the machine will attempt to determine its IP address using the DHCP, RARP or BOOTP protocols. The default IP address of your machine will probably be incompatible with the IP address numbering scheme of your network. We recommend that you contact your network manager for the correct IP address settings.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 2. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 2.

Select 1 to change. Enter the IP address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Subnet Mask

This field displays the current subnet mask used by the machine. If you are not using DHCP or BOOTP to obtain the subnet mask, enter the desired subnet mask. Check with your network manager for the subnet mask to use.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 3. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 3.

Select 1 to change. Enter the Subnet Mask address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Gateway

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 manager if you are unsure.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 4. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 4.

Enter the Gateway address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Node Name

You can register the machine name on the Network. This name is often referred to as a NetBIOS name; and is the name that is registered by the WINS server on your network. Brother recommends the name BRN_XXXXXX for a wired network or BRW_XXXXXX for a wireless network (where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the Ethernet address) (up to 15 characters).

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 5. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 5.

Select 1 to change. Enter the Node Name.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

WINS Config

This selection controls how the machine obtains the IP address of the WINS server.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 6. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 6.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto or Static.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Auto

Automatically uses a DHCP request to determine the IP addresses for the primary and secondary WINS servers. You must set the BOOT Method to Auto or DHCP for this feature to work.

Static

Uses a specified IP address for the primary and secondary WINS servers.

WINS Server

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 7. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 7.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Primary or Secondary.

Press OK.

Enter the WINS Server address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Primary WINS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the primary WINS (Windows

Secondary WINS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the secondary WINS server. It is used as a backup to the Primary WINS server address. If the Primary server is unavailable, the machine still can register itself with a secondary server. If you have a primary WINS server, but no secondary WINS server, simply leave this field blank.

Internet Naming Service) server.

Control Panel Setup

DNS Server

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 8. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 8.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Primary or Secondary.

Press OK.

Enter the DNS Server address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Primary DNS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the primary DNS (Domain Name Service) server.

Secondary DNS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the secondary DNS server. It is used as a backup to the Primary DNS server address. If the Primary server is unavailable, the machine will contact the Secondary DNS server.

APIPA

When enabled, the print server will automatically allocate a IP address in the range (169.254.1.0 -

169.254.254.255) when the print server cannot obtain an IP address through the BOOT Method you have set (Menu, 6, 1, 1, 1 ). Se lecting Off means the IP address doesn’ t change, when the print server cannot obtain an IP address through the BOOT Method you have set.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 9. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 9.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

IPv6

This machine is compatible with IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. If you want to use the IPv6 protocol, select On.The default setting for IPv6 is Off. For more information on the IPv6 protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 1, 0. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 1, 0.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Note

After you select IPv6 On, this setting will be applied to both the wired and wireless LAN interfaces.

Ethernet (Wired network only)

Ethernet link mode. Auto allows the print server to operate in 100BASE TX full or half duplex, or in 10BASE T full or half duplex mode.

100BASE TX Full Duplex (100B-FD) or Half Duplex (100B-HD) and 10BASE T Full Duplex (10B-FD) or Half Duplex (10B-HD) fix the print server link mode. This change is valid after the print server has been reset (default is Auto).

Note

If you incorrectly set this value, you may not be able to communicate with your print server.

Press Menu, 6, 1, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto/100B-FD/100B-HD/10B-FD/10B-HD.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Setup WLAN (Wireless network only)

Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard guides you through the wireless network configurat ion. For more informatio n, see Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel on page 20.

SecurEasySetup

The SecureEasySetup manually. By pushing a button on the wireless router or access point, you can complete setup a nd secure the wireless network. Your router or access point must also support SecureEasySetup SecureEasySetupTM software to configure your machine for a wireless network on page 25.

software allows you to configure the wireless network easier than configuring it

. See Using the

Set to default

The Set to default allows you to reset each wired or wireless settings to the default. If you want to reset both wired and wireless settings, see Restoring the network settings to factory default on page 87.

(For Wired) Press Menu, 6, 1, 3. (For Wireless) Press Menu, 6, 2, 4.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Reset or Exit.

Press OK.

WLAN Status (Wireless network only)

Status

This field displays the current wireless network status; Active (11b), Active (11g), Wired LAN Active, WLAN OFF or Connection NG.

Press Menu, 6, 2, 3, 1.

The current wireless network status will be displayed; Active (11b), Active (11g), Wired LAN Active, WLAN OFF or Connection NG.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Signal

This field displays the current wireless network signal strength; Strong, Medium, Weak or None.

Press Menu, 6, 2, 3, 2.

The current wireless network signal strength will be displayed; Strong, Medium, Weak or None.

Press Stop/Exit.

SSID

This field displays the current wireless network SSID. The display shows less than 33 characters of the SSID name.

Press Menu, 6, 2, 3, 3.

The current wireless network SSID will be displayed.

Press Stop/Exit.

Comm.Mode

This field displays the current wireless network communication mode; Ad-hoc or Infrastructure.

Press Menu, 6, 2, 3, 4.

The current wireless network communication mode will be displayed; Ad-hoc or Infrastructure.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Wired Enable (Wired network only)

Press Menu, 6, 1, 4.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Wireless Enable (Wireless network only)

Press Menu, 6, 2, 5.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Setup I-Fax

This menu has five selections: Mail Address, SMTP Server, POP3 Server, Mailbox Name and Mailbox Pwd. As this section requires you to enter a lot of text ch aract ers, you ma y find that it is more convenient to

use your favorite web browser to configure these settings. (See Web Based Management on page 107. For more details about Internet Fax, see Internet FAX on page 112.)

Mail Address

Press Menu, 6, 3, 1, 1.

Select 1 to change. Enter the mail address. Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Entering text

You can access the character you want by repeatedly pressing the appropriate number key. For more information, see Entering Text on page 143.

Control Panel Setup

SMTP Server address

This field displays the Node Name or IP address of an SMTP mail server (outgoing E-mail Server) on your network.

(Ex, mailhost.brothermail.net -or- 192.000.000.001)

Press Menu, 6, 3, 1, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Name or IP Address.

Enter the SMTP SERVER Address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

POP3 Server address

This field displays the Node Name or IP address of the POP3 server (incoming E-mail server) used by the Brother machine. This address is necessary for the Internet Fax features to function correctly.

(Ex, mailhost.brothermail.net -or- 192.000.000.001)

Press Menu 6, 3, 1, 3.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Name or IP Address.

Enter the POP3 Server Address.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Mailbox Name

You can specify a mailbox name on the POP3 server where the internet print jobs are to be retrieved.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 1, 4.

Enter the user account name assigned to the Brother machine that will login to the POP3 Server.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Mailbox Pwd

You can specify password on the POP3 server where the internet print jobs are to be retrieved.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 1, 5.

Enter the user password assigned to the machine that will login to the POP3 Server. Please note that this password is case sensitive.

Press OK.

Press OK again to verify the password.

Press Stop/Exit.

Note

To set for no password, enter a single space.

Setup Mail RX

This menu has five selections Auto Polling, Poll Frequency, Header, Del Error Mail and Notification.

Auto Polling

When set to On the machine automatically checks the POP3 server for new messages. “No Mail” will be displayed if there are no E-mail messages when the POP3 server is polled.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 2, 1.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Poll Frequency

Sets the interval for checking for new messages on the POP3 server (default is 10Min).

Press Menu, 6, 3, 2, 2.

Enter the polling frequency.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Header

This selection allows the contents of the mail header to be printed when the received message is printed (Subject+From+To or All or None).

Press Menu, 6, 3, 2, 3.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select All or Subject+From+To or None.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Del Error Mail

When set to On, the machine automatically deletes error mails tha t the machine can not receive from the POP server.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 2, 4.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Notification

The notification feature allows a confirmation of receipt message to be transmitted to the sending station When the I-Fax has been received.

This feature only works on I-Fax machines that support the “MDN” specification.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 2, 5.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or MDN or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Setup Mail TX

This menu has three selections Sender Subject, Size Limit and Notification.

Sender Subject

This field displays the subject that is attached to the Internet Fax data being sent from the Brother machine to a PC (default is “Internet Fax Job”).

Press Menu, 6, 3, 3, 1.

Select 1 to change the Sender Subject—OR—2 to exit.

Enter the subject information.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Size Limit

Some E-mail servers do not allow you to send large E-mail documents. (the System Administrator will often place a limit on the maximum E-mail size). With this function enabled, the machine will display Out of Memory when trying to send E-mail documents over 1Mbyte in size. The document will not be sent and an error report will be printed. The document you are sending should be separated into smaller do cuments that will be accepted by the mail server. (For your information, a 42 page document based on the ITU-T Test Chart#1 test chart is approximately 1Mbyte in size).

Press Menu, 6, 3, 3, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Notification

The notification feature allows a confirmation of receipt message to be transmitted to the sending station When the I-Fax has been received.

This feature only works on I-Fax machines that support the “MDN” specification.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 3, 3.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Setup Relay

This menu has three selections Rly Broadcast, Relay Domain a nd Relay Report. For more information on Relay Broadcast, see Relay Broadcasting on page 115 of this User’s Guide.

Rly Broadcast

This function allows the machine to receive a document over the Internet, and then relay it to other fax machines through conventional analog landlines

Press Menu, 6, 3, 4, 1.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Relay Domain

You can register the Domain Names (Max.10) that are allowed to request a Relay Broadcast.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 4, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select the Relay Domain (01 - 10).

Press OK.

Enter the Relay Domain name for the Domain that is being allowed to request a Relay Broadcast.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Relay Report

A Relay Broadcast Report can be printed at the machine that will act as a Relay Station for all Relay Broadcasts. When the machine is used with the Brother Network PC Fax software the machine is also acting as a Relay Station for fax transmissions from the networ k. This means that a Relay Report can also be printed for confirmation of sent network faxes. (For US / Canada only)

Its primary function is to print reports of any relayed broadcasts that have been sent through the machine. Please note: in order to use this function, you must assign the relay domain in the "Trusted Domains" section of the Relay function settings.

Press Menu, 6, 3, 4, 3.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)

Colour File Type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)

You can select the default colour file type for the Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) function.

Press Menu, 6, 4, 1.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select PDF or JPEG.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Black and White File Type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)

You can select the default Black and White file type for the Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) function.

Press Menu, 6, 4, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select PDF or TIFF.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Control Panel Setup

Note

For how to operate Scan to E-mail (E-mail server), see Network Scanning of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

Scan to FTP

Colour File Type for Scan to FTP

You can select the default colour file type for the Scan to FTP function.

Press Menu, 6, 5, 1.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select PDF or JPEG.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Black and White File Type for Scan to FTP

You can select the default Black and White file type for the Scan to FTP function.

Press Menu, 6, 5, 2.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select PDF or TIFF.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Note

For how to operate Scan to FTP, see Network Scanning of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

Control Panel Setup

Fax to Server

The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan a document and send it over the network to a separate fax server. The document will then be sent from the server as fax data to the destination fax number over standard phone lines. When the Fax to Server feature is set to ON all automatic fax transmissions from the machine will be sent to the fax server for fax transmission. You can continue to send a fax directly from the machine using the manual fax feature (For more information, see sending a fax manually in the User’s Guide).

To send a document to the fax server the correct syntax for that server must be used. The destination fax number must be sent with a prefix and a suffix that match the parameters used by the fax server. In most cases the syntax for the prefix is “fax=” and the syntax for the suffix would be the domain name of the fax server E-mail gateway. The suffix must also include the “@” symbol at the beginning of the suffix. The prefix and the suffix information must be stored in the machine before you can use the fax to server function. Destination fax numbers can be saved in the One-Touch or Speed Dial locations or entered using the dial pad (up to 20 digit numbers). For example if you wanted to send a document to a destination fax number of 123-555-0001 the following syntax would be used.

Prefix

fax=123-555-0001@faxserver.companyname.com

Destination fax number

Note

Your Fax server application must support an E-mail gateway.

Suffix

Control Panel Setup

Setting Fax to Server to On

You can store the prefix/suffix address for the fax server in the machine.

Press Menu, 6, 6.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select On and then press OK.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Prefix and then press OK.

Enter the prefix using dial pad.

Press OK.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Suffix and then press OK.

Enter the suffix using dial pad.

Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Note

You can enter the prefix and suffix address using up to a total of 40 characters.

How to Operate

Place the document in the ADF or on the scanner glass.

Enter the fax number.

The machine will send the message over a TCP/IP network to the fax server.

Control Panel Setup

Time Zone

This field displays your country time zone. The time shown is the time difference between your country and Greenwich Mean Time. For example, the Time Zone for Eastern Time in the USA and Canada is UTC-05:00.

Press Menu, 6, 7.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select the time.

Press OK to accept the selection.

Press Stop/Exit to exit the configuration menu.

Windows® Time Zone Setting

You can see the time difference for your country by using the Time Zone setting in Windows®.

Click on Start.

Select Settings / Control Panel.

Double click on Date/Time.

Select Time Zone. Change the date and time. Verify your time zone setting from the pull-down menu (this menu displays the time difference from GMT).

Restoring the network settings to factory default

If you wish to reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information), please follow these steps:

Make sure the machine is not operating, then disconnect all the cables from the machine (except power cable).

Press Menu, 6, 0.

Press 1 to select Reset.

Press 1 to select Yes.

The machine will re-start, re-connect cables once this is complete.

Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of contents

Introduction

Overview

Network function features

Network printing

Network scanning

Network PC-FAX

Fax to server

Management utility

BRAdmin Professional (for Windows®)

BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

Remote Setup

Types of Network Connections

Network Connection Example

Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP

Network Shared Printing

Wireless network connection example

Connected to a wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode)

Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode)

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable

Protocols

TCP/IP Protocols

DHCP/BOOTP/RARP

APIPA

DNS client

LPR/LPD

Port 9100

SMTP client

mDNS

TELNET

SNMP

Web server (HTTP)

LDAP

IPv6

Configuring your network printer

Overview

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

IP address

Subnet mask

Gateway (and router)

Setting the IP address and subnet mask

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows® only)

BRAdmin Professional utility

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network

Changing the print server settings

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows® only)

Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print/scan settings

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (for Windows® and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

Overview

Confirm your network environment

Wireless network connection example

Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode)

Connected to wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode)

An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable

Confirm your network environment

Configuration using SecureEasySetup™.

Configuration temporarily using a network cable

Configuration using a wireless computer.

Wireless network terms and concepts

SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels

SSID

Channels

Authentication and encryption

Authentication methods

Encryption methods

Network key

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel

Using the Brother Wireless LAN Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network

Changing the print server settings

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the wireless settings (for Windows® only)

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network

Using other methods to configure your machine for a network