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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.
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 122.

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

®

 software and Remote Setup 

applications for Windows

®

 and Macintosh

®

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

network. See 

Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for DCP 

models)

on page 16 a for wired connection or 

Changing the print server settings

on page 26 for a wireless 

connection.

Wired LAN TCP/IP / WLAN TCP/IP

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

Wired LAN

 menu selections. If 

you connect the machine to a wireless Ethernet network, use the 

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 an IP address. The default setting is 

Auto

.

Note

If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the 

BOOT 

Method

 to 

Static

 so that the print server has a static IP address. This will prevent the print server from 

trying to obtain an IP address from any of these systems. To change the BOOT Method, use the machine’s 
control panel, BRAdmin Light utility or Remote Setup.

a

Press 

Menu

.

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

LAN

.

Press 

OK

.

c

(For Wired) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

Wired LAN

.

(For Wireless) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

WLAN

.

Press 

OK

.

d

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select 

TCP/IP

.

Press 

OK

.

Control panel setup

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