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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 machine for a network with an Ethernet cable 

connection

on page 9 or 

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

on page 15.

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 119.

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

®

 software and Remote 

Setup applications for Windows

®

 and Macintosh

®

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

network. See 

Changing the print server settings

on page 13 for wired connection or 

Changing the print server 

settings

on page 23 for wireless connection.

TCP/IP (Wired) / TCP/IP (WLAN)

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If you connect the machine with the Ethernet cable to your network, use the 

TCP/IP (Wired)

 menu 

selections. If you connect the machine to the wireless Ethernet network, use the 

TCP/IP (WLAN)

 menu 

selections.
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

.

a

Press 

Menu

.

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

LAN

.

Press 

OK

.

c

(For Wired) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

TCP/IP(Wired)

.

(For Wireless) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

TCP/IP(WLAN)

.

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

.

f

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

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