Table Of Contents - Brother Network User Manual

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Overview....................................................................................................................................................1
Network features........................................................................................................................................2
Network printing...................................................................................................................................2
Network scanning ................................................................................................................................2
Network PC Fax (Not available for DCP-8085DN) ..............................................................................2
Fax to Server (For MFC-8880DN) .......................................................................................................2
Management utilities............................................................................................................................2
Internet fax/scan to E-mail server (For MFC-8880DN)........................................................................4
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................5
Wired network connection example.....................................................................................................5
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................7
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities....................................................................................................7
Other protocol....................................................................................................................................10
2 Configuring your machine for a network
Overview..................................................................................................................................................11
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ............................................................................................11
IP address .........................................................................................................................................11
Subnet mask......................................................................................................................................12
Gateway (and router).........................................................................................................................13
Step by step chart....................................................................................................................................13
Setting the IP address and subnet mask .................................................................................................14
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer ..............................14
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network......................................................16
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network .........................................................16
Changing the print server settings ...........................................................................................................17
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings ..................................................17
Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change print server settings (Windows
Using the control panel to change the print server settings...............................................................18
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings ................19
Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings
(Not available for Windows Server
(Not available for DCP-8085DN) ...................................................................................................19
Using other methods to change print server settings ........................................................................19
3 Control panel setup
Network menu..........................................................................................................................................20
TCP/IP ...............................................................................................................................................20
Ethernet ............................................................................................................................................27
E-mail / IFAX (For MFC-8880DN) .....................................................................................................28
How to set a new default for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)
(For MFC-8880DN)........................................................................................................................39
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP .........................................................................................40
How to set a new default for Scan to Network ..................................................................................41
Fax to Server (For MFC-8880DN) .....................................................................................................42
Time Zone .........................................................................................................................................44
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