Table Of Contents - Brother MFC-J280W Manual

Table of Contents

1 Types of network connections and protocols
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................1
Wired network connection example.....................................................................................................1
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................3
TCP/IP protocols and functions ...........................................................................................................3
2 Configuring your machine for a network
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ..............................................................................................5
IP address ...........................................................................................................................................5
Subnet mask........................................................................................................................................6
Gateway (and router)...........................................................................................................................6
3 Wireless network terms and concepts
Specifying your network.............................................................................................................................7
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .........................................................................................7
Security terms............................................................................................................................................8
Authentication and encryption .............................................................................................................8
Authentication and Encryption methods for a personal wireless network ...........................................8
4 Additional network settings from Windows
Types of additional network settings........................................................................................................10
Installing drivers used for printing and scanning via Web Services
(Windows Vista
Network printing and scanning installation for Infrastructure mode when using Vertical Pairing
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(Windows
A Appendix A
Using services .........................................................................................................................................13
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) ............................................14
Using DHCP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................14
Using RARP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................14
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address........................................................................................15
Using APIPA to configure the IP address..........................................................................................15
Using ARP to configure the IP address .............................................................................................16
B Index
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