Network features; Network printing; Management utilities- Page 9

Introduction

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Network features

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The Brother HL-2100 series have the following basic network features.

Network printing

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The print server provides printing services for Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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 and 

Windows Server

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2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh supporting TCP/IP (Mac OS

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 X 

10.2.4 or greater).

Management utilities

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BRAdmin Light

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BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for 
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address. 
The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows

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 2000/XP, Windows Vista

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 and Windows Server

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2003 

and Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light, please see the Quick Setup Guide 

provided with the printer. For Macintosh

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 users, BRAdmin Light will be installed automatically when you 

install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you do not have to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com

BRAdmin Professional (for Windows

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)

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BRAdmin Professional is a utility for more advanced management of network connected Brother devices. 
This utility can search for Brother products on your network, view the status and configure the network 
settings from a computer running Windows

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. BRAdmin Professional has additional features from BRAdmin 

Light.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com

Web BRAdmin (For Windows

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)

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Web BRAdmin is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother 
products on your network, view the status and configure the network settings. Unlike BRAdmin Professional, 
which is designed for Windows

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 only, the Web BRAdmin is a server based utility that can be accessed from 

any client PC with a web browser that supports JRE (Java Runtime Environment). By installing the Web 
BRAdmin server utility on a computer running IIS

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, administrators can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, 

using a web browser which then communicates with the device itself.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com

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Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0 / 5.1 / 6.0 / 7.0