Setting the IP address and subnet mask; Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows®); BRAdmin Professional utility- Page 18

Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection

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Setting the IP address and subnet mask

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Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol
 to configure your network printer (for Windows

®

)

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BRAdmin Professional utility

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The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to allow you to manage your network connected Brother 
machines in a TCP/IP environment.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility

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Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. 

You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility from http://solutions.brother.com. 
This utility is only available for Windows

®

 users.

• If you are using Personal Firewall software (e.g. the Internet Connection Firewall available in Windows

®

XP), disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall software.

• Node name: Node name appears in current BRAdmin Professional window. The default Node name is 

“BRN_xxxxxx” (“xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address.).

• For other models, no password is required by default. To set a password, double click the device you want 

to set a password. Click 

Control

 tab, and then click 

Change Password

. Enter the new password.

a

Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/XP Professional x64 

Edition), by clicking 

Start

 / 

Programs

 / 

Brother Administrator Utilities

 / 

Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities

 / 

BRAdmin Professional

.

b

Select 

TCP/IP

 in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

c

Select 

Search Active Devices

 from the 

Devices

 menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new 

devices automatically.