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Overview

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The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless (HL-2170W only) 
Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server provides printing services for 
Windows

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2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista

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, Windows Server

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2003/ 

2003 x64 Edition supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater supporting TCP/IP. 

The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

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IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) is available HL-2170W only.

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BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com

To use the Brother printer on a network, you need to configure the print server in the machine, and set up the 
computers you use.

Introduction

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Operating Systems

Windows

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 2000/XP

Windows

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 XP Professional 

x64 Edition

Windows Vista

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Windows Server

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2003

Windows Server

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2003 x64 

Edition

Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 

or greater

Mac OS

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 X 10.3 or 

greater

10/100 BASE-TX Wired Ethernet (TCP/IP)

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Printing

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BRAdmin Light

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BRAdmin Professional

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Web BRAdmin

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Internet Printing (IPP)

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Status Monitor

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Driver Deployment Wizard

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