Web Based Management; Overview - Brother HL-2170W Network User's Manual

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Web Based Management

Overview

A standard Web Browser can be used to manage your printer using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
You can get the following information from a printer on your network using a web browser.
View the printer status, configuration and maintenance information details
View the software version information of the printer and print server
Change the printer setting
Change the print server settings
Print the test page, the printer settings page and the network configuration page
Restoring the printer settings to its factory reset
Restoring the network settings to its factory reset
You must use the TCP/IP protocol on your network and have a valid IP address programmed into the print
server and your computer.
Note
• To learn how to configure the IP address on your printer, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask
on page 10.
• You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh
also able to connect to the machine and manage it.
• You can also use the BRAdmin applications to manage the printer and its network configuration.
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