Table Of Contents - Brother DCP-340CW Network User's Manual

Table of contents

1
Introduction
Overview............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Network function features .................................................................................................................. 1-2
Network printing........................................................................................................................... 1-2
Network scanning ........................................................................................................................ 1-2
Network PC-FAX (not available for DCP-340CW)....................................................................... 1-2
Network PhotoCapture Center
Management utilities.................................................................................................................... 1-3
BRAdmin Professional (for Windows
BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS
Remote Setup for Windows
Types of network connections ........................................................................................................... 1-3
Wired network connection example............................................................................................. 1-3
Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP ......................................................................................... 1-3
Network Shared printing .......................................................................................................... 1-4
Wireless network connection example ........................................................................................ 1-5
Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point
in the network (Infrastructure mode)........................................................................................ 1-5
Connected to wireless capable computer without an access point
in the network (Ad-hoc mode) ............................................................................................. 1-6
An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable .......................... 1-6
Protocols............................................................................................................................................ 1-7
TCP/IP protocols and functions ................................................................................................... 1-7
DHCP/BOOTP/RARP.............................................................................................................. 1-7
APIPA ...................................................................................................................................... 1-7
DNS client................................................................................................................................ 1-7
LPR/LPD ................................................................................................................................. 1-7
Port9100 .................................................................................................................................. 1-7
mDNS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-8
TELNET................................................................................................................................... 1-8
SNMP ...................................................................................................................................... 1-8
2
Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection
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 machine for a network
(for Windows
BRAdmin Professional utility ................................................................................................... 2-3
How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility ................................. 2-3
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network................................................ 2-4
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network ................................................... 2-4
Changing the print server settings ..................................................................................................... 2-5
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows
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