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Control panel setup

75

6

f

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Auto

1

, 

Static

2

, 

RARP

3

, 

BOOTP

4

 or 

DHCP

5

.

Press 

OK

.

„

If you chose 

Auto

, 

RARP

, 

BOOTP

 or 

DHCP

, go to 

g

.

„

If you chose 

Static

, go to 

h

.

g

Enter how many times the machine tries to obtain the IP address. We recommend you to enter 3 or more.
Press 

OK

.

h

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

1

Auto mode
In this mode, the machine will scan the network for a DHCP server, if it can find one, and if the DHCP server is configured to allocate an IP address 
to the machine, then the IP address supplied by the DHCP server will be used. If no DHCP server is available, then the machine will scan for a 
BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is available, and it is configured correctly, the machine will take its IP address from the BOOTP server. If a 
BOOTP server is not available, the machine will scan for a RARP server. If a RARP server also does not answer, the IP Address is set using the 
APIPA protocol, see 

Using APIPA to configure the IP address

on page 127. After the machine is initially powered ON, it may take a few minutes 

for the machine to scan the network for a server.

2

Static mode
In this mode the machine’s IP address must be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked to the assigned address.

3

RARP mode
The Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) service on your host computer. For more information on 
RARP, see 

Using RARP to configure the IP address

on page 127.

4

BOOTP mode
BOOTP is an alternative to RARP that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. For more information on 
BOOTP, see 

Using BOOTP to configure the IP address

on page 126.

5

DHCP mode
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have a DHCP server in 
your network (typically a UNIX

®

, Windows

®

 2000/XP, Windows Vista

®

 network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address from a 

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.