Table Of Contents - Brother HL-5250DN series Network User's Manual

Multi-protocol on-board ethernet print server

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Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................1-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 1-1

Types of network connection ............................................................................................................. 1-2

Network connection example ...................................................................................................... 1-2

Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP ......................................................................................... 1-2

Network shared printing........................................................................................................... 1-3

Protocols............................................................................................................................................ 1-4

TCP/IP protocols and functionalities............................................................................................ 1-4

DHCP/BOOTP/RARP.............................................................................................................. 1-4

APIPA ...................................................................................................................................... 1-4

DNS client................................................................................................................................ 1-4

NetBIOS/IP .............................................................................................................................. 1-4

LPR/LPD ................................................................................................................................. 1-4

Port9100 .................................................................................................................................. 1-5

SMTP client ............................................................................................................................. 1-5

IPP........................................................................................................................................... 1-5

mDNS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5

TELNET................................................................................................................................... 1-5

SNMP ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5

Web server (HTTP) ................................................................................................................. 1-5

Configuring your network printer ............................................................................2-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 2-1

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ...................................................................................... 2-1

IP address ................................................................................................................................... 2-1

How the IP address is assigned to your print server: .............................................................. 2-2

Subnet mask................................................................................................................................ 2-2

Gateway (and router)................................................................................................................... 2-3

Setting the IP address and subnet mask ........................................................................................... 2-3

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to configure your network printer (for Windows

BRAdmin Professional utility ................................................................................................... 2-3

How to configure your printer using the BRAdmin Professional utility..................................... 2-3

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network

(for HL-5270DN) .......................................................................................................................... 2-4

Using other methods to configure your network printer............................................................... 2-4

Changing the print server settings ..................................................................................................... 2-5

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

Using the control panel to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN) ............................. 2-5

Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings ............................................ 2-6

Network printing from Windows

basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 3-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 3-1

For Windows

Configuring the standard TCP/IP port ......................................................................................... 3-1

Printer driver not yet installed .................................................................................................. 3-1

Printer driver already installed ................................................................................................. 3-2

2000/XP users ........................................................................................................... 3-1

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only) 2-5