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Web Based Management

How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device

Overview

A standard Web Browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer

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 version 6.0 or later, or Netscape 

Navigator

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 version 7.1 or later) can be used to manage your machine using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer 

Protocol). You can get the following information from a printer on your network using a web browser:

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Printer status information.

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Change Fax configuration items, such as General Setup. Quick-Dial settings and Remote Fax.

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You can also change network settings such as TCP/IP information.

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Software version information of the machine and print server.

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Change network and machine configuration details.

You must use the TCP/IP protocol on your network and have a valid IP address programmed into the print 
server and your computer.

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To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see Configuring your network printer on page 
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The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.

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You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh

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 and UNIX

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 users 

are also able to connect to the machine and manage it.

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You can also use the BRAdmin Professional or the BRAdmin Light utilities to manage the printer and its 
network configuration.

How to connect to your machine using a Browser

Type 

http://printer’s IP Address /

 into your browser (you can also use the NetBIOS name of the 

print server, if you are in a Microsoft Windows domain/Workgroup environment). Enter the DNS name of the 
machine if connecting to a network that uses the DNS protocol.

For Macintosh

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 users, you can have an easy access to Web Based Management System by clicking the 

machine icon on Status Monitor screen. For more information, see Chapter 7 Status Monitor of the Software 
User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

Password Information

Web Based Management offers two levels of password access. Users are able to access to the General 
Setup, Fax settings and Lists and Reports. The default user name for Users is “user”(case sensitive) and the 
default password is “access”.

Administrators are able to access all settings. The login name for the Administrator is “admin” (case 
sensitive) and the default password is “access”.