Ethernet wireless network; Professional, ; Operating system support - Page 162

Appendix B

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B

Ethernet wireless network

Operating system support Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me, Windows NT

®

 4.0

*1

, Windows

®

 2000/XP/XP 

Professional x64 Edition

*1

Mac OS

®

 X 10.2.4 or greater

*1

 A wireless network connection is supported only between the Brother machine and an 

access point for PC’s running Windows NT

®

 Workstation 4.0 and Windows

®

 XP 

Professional x64 Edition.

Protocol support

TCP/IP: IPv4

ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), ICMP, 
WINS/NetBIOS, DNS, mDNS, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw 
Port/Port9100, POP3/SMTP, IPP, FTP, TELNET, SNMP, 
HTTP, TFTP, LDAP

TCP/IP: IPv6

ICMPv6, NDP, DNS, mDNS,LPR/LPD, Custom Raw 
Port/Port9100, POP3/SMTP, IPP, FTP, TELNET, SNMP, 
HTTP, TFTP, LDAP

Network type

IEEE 802.11b/g wireless

Frequency

2412-2472 MHz

RF channels

US/Canada

1-11

Europe/Oceania

1-13

Japan

802.11b: 1-14, 802.11g: 1-13

Communication mode

Infrastructure, Ad-hoc (802.11b only)

Data rates

802.11b

11/5.5/2/1 Mbps

802.11g

54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1 Mbps

Link distance

70 m (233 ft.) at lowest data rate 
(The distance rate will vary upon environment and other equipment location.)

Network security

SSID/ESSID, 128 (104) / 64 (40) bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES), LEAP 
(CKIP)

Network printing

Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me and Windows NT

®

 4.0 Peer-to-Peer printing

Windows

®

 2000/XP TCP/IP printing

Macintosh

®

 printing (Mac OS

®

 10.2.4 or greater supporting TCP/IP)

Computer requirements
(for drivers, BRAdmin 
Professional, 
Peer-to-Peer software, 
etc.)

Processor Minimum 
Speed

Pentium

® 

II or equivalent for Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/

2000 Professional/XP

Minimum RAM

32MB for Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me

64MB for Windows

®

 2000 Professional

128MB for Windows

®

 XP

Recommended RAM

128MB for Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me

256MB for Windows

®

 2000 Professional

256MB for Windows

®

 XP

Macintosh

®

 connection

Computer

Wireless (AirPort) ready Power Macintosh

®

Processor Minimum 
Speed

All base models meet minimum requirements

Minimum RAM

128MB for Mac OS

®

 X 10.2.4 or greater

Recommended RAM

160MB for Mac OS

®

 X 10.2.4 or greater