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Overview

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Before using your Brother machine on your network, you must 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 
Brother installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software and network installation.
Please follow the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide.

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If you do not wish to, or are unable to use the Brother 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 18.

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

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To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the 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 computer 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.

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192.168.1.1

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192.168.1.2

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192.168.1.3

Configuring your machine for a network

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