Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Step by step chart
- Setting up the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the wireless settings (For Windows®)
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for DCP models)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- Overview
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 5 Wireless Configuration for Macintosh® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
- Setup Misc. (MFC-5490CN only)
- Setup Wizard (wireless network only)
- SES/WPS/AOSS (wireless network only)
- WPS w/PIN code (wireless network only)
- WLAN Status (wireless network only)
- Ethernet (wired network only)
- E-mail/I-FAX (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Scan to FTP (For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
- Scan to FTP (For MFC-6890CDW)
- Time Zone (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Network I/F (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- LDAP (For MFC-6890CDW)
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Network menu
- 7 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 8 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 9 Network printing from a Macintosh®
- 10 LDAP operation (For MFC-6890CDW)
- 11 Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Internet fax overview
- Getting connected
- Control panel key functions
- Sending an Internet fax
- Manually entering text
- Receiving E-mail or Internet fax
- Receiving an Internet fax to your computer
- Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages
- Relay broadcasting
- TX Verification Mail
- Setup Mail TX
- Setup Mail RX
- Error mail
- Important information on Internet fax
- Scan to E-mail Server overview (MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Internet fax overview
- 12 Security features (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- 13 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index
Introduction
7
1
Protocols 1
TCP/IP protocols and functions 1
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 used for communication such as Internet and E-mail. This protocol
can be used in almost all operating systems such as Windows
®
, Mac OS
®
X and Linux
®
. The following
TCP/IP protocols are available on this Brother product.
DHCP/BOOTP/RARP 1
By using the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, the IP address can be automatically configured.
Note
To use the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, please contact your network administrator.
APIPA 1
If you do not assign an IP address manually (using the control panel of the machine or the 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.
DNS client 1
The Brother print server supports the Domain Name System (DNS) client function. This function allows the
print server to communicate with other devices by using its DNS name.
LPR/LPD 1
Commonly used printing protocols on a TCP/IP network.
SMTP client (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW) 1
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) client is used to send E-mails via Internet or Intranet.
Port9100 1
Another commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network.
mDNS 1
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)