How the IP address is assigned to your print server:; Subnet mask- Page 18

Configuring your machine for a network

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How the IP address is assigned to your print server:

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

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/Linux or Windows

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 2000/XP, 

Windows Vista

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 or Windows Server

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 2003 network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address 

from the DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.

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 67, 

Using BOOTP to configure the IP address

on page 68 and 

Using RARP to configure the 

IP address

on page 69.

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 69.

If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the 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 the IP address and subnet mask

on page 12.

Subnet mask

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Subnet masks restrict network communication.

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Example: Computer 1 can talk to Computer 2

• Computer 1

IP Address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

• Computer 2

IP Address: 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Note

0 denotes that there is no limit to communication at this part of the address.

In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with 
192.168.1.x.