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Overview

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Before you can use your Brother machine on your network, you need to install the Brother software and also 
configure the appropriate TCP/IP network settings on the machine itself. To do this, we recommend that you 
use the automatic installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software and network 
installation.
If you do not wish to use the automatic installer, or you do not understand some of the terms used by the 
automatic installer, refer to the remainder of this chapter for more information.

Note

If you do not wish to, or are unable to use the automatic installer or any of Brother’s software tools, you 
can also use the machine’s control panel to change network settings. For more information, see 

Control 

panel setup

on page 15.

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

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To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure its IP address and subnet 
mask. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host 
computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the gateway address.

IP address

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An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each device connected to a network. An IP address 
consists of four numbers separated by dots. Each number is between 0 and 255.

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Example: In a small network, you would normally change the final number.

192.168.1.1

, 

192.168.1.2

, 

192.168.1.3

If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your network (typically a UNIX

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/Linux, Windows

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 2000/XP or 

Windows Vista™ network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address from that server.

Note

On smaller networks, the DHCP server may be the Router.

For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see 

Using DHCP to configure the IP 

address

on page 42, 

Using BOOTP to configure the IP address

on page 42 and 

Using RARP to configure the 

IP address

on page 43.

If you do not have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will 
automatically assign an IP address from the range 

169.254.1.0

 to 

169.254.254.255

. For more 

information on APIPA, see 

Using APIPA to configure the IP address

on page 44.

If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 

192.0.0.192

. However, 

you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network. For 
information on how to change the IP address, see 

Setting up the IP address and subnet mask

on page 10.

Configuring your network printer

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