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LAN menu

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Before using your Brother product in a network environment, you need to configure the correct TCP/IP 
settings. For more information, see 

Configuring your network printer

on page 8.

In this chapter, you will learn how to configure the network settings using the control panel, located on the 
front of the machine.
The LAN menu selections of the control panel allow you to set up the Brother machine for your network 
configuration. Press 

Menu

, then press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

LAN

. Proceed to the menu selection you wish to 

configure. See 

Function table and default factory settings

on page 50.

Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light Windows

®

 software and Remote Setup 

applications for Windows

®

 and Macintosh

®

, which also can be used to configure many aspects of the 

network. See 

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for DCP 

models)

on page 14 for wired connection.

TCP/IP

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This menu has nine sections: 

BOOT Method

, 

IP Address

, 

Subnet Mask

, 

Gateway

, 

Node Name

, 

WINS Config

, 

WINS Server

, 

DNS Server

 and 

APIPA

.

BOOT Method

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This selection controls how the machine obtains the IP address for itself. The default setting is 

Auto

.

Note

If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the 

BOOT 

Method

 to 

Static

 so that the print server has a static IP address. This will prevent the print server from 

trying to obtain an IP address from any of these systems. To change the BOOT Method, use the machine’s 
control panel, BRAdmin Light utility or Remote Setup.

a

Press 

Menu

.

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

LAN

.

Press 

OK

.

c

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

TCP/IP

.

Press 

OK

.

d

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

BOOT Method

.

Press 

OK

.

e

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

Auto

, 

Static

, 

RARP

, 

BOOTP

 or 

DHCP

.

Press 

OK

.

(For MFC-680CN) Press 

d

 or 

c

 to select 

Auto

, 

Static

, 

RARP

, 

BOOTP

 or 

DHCP

.

Press 

OK

.

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