Configuring Your Machine For A Network; Overview; Ip Addresses, Subnet Masks And Gateways; Ip Address - Brother DCP-7045N Network User's Manual

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Configuring your machine for a network

Overview

Before using your Brother machine on your network, you must 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
Brother installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software and network installation.
Please follow the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide.
Note
If you do not wish to, or are unable to use the Brother installer or any of Brother's software tools, you can
also use the machine's control panel to change network settings. For more information, see Control panel
setup on page 18.

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the 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 computer 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
• 192.168.1.2
• 192.168.1.3
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