Web Based Management; Overview - Brother MFC-8870DW Network User's Manual

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Web Based Management

Overview

A standard Web Browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Navigator version 7.1 or later) can be used to manage your machine using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol). You can get the following information from a machine on your network using a web browser:
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Printer status information.
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Change Fax configuration items, such as General Setup. Quick-Dial settings and Remote Fax.
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You can also change network settings such as TCP/IP information.
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Configure Scan to FTP and LDAP search functions.
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Software version information of the machine and print server.
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Change network and machine configuration details.
You must use the TCP/IP protocol on your network and have a valid IP address programmed into the print
server and your computer.
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To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see Configuring your network printer on page
9.
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The default password for Brother print servers is "access".
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You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh
are also able to connect to the machine and manage it.
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You can also use the BRAdmin Professional or the BRAdmin Light utilities to manage the printer and its
network configuration.
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version 6.0 or later, or Netscape
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