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Brother MFC-9840CDW Network User's Guide

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NETWORK USER’S GUIDE MFC-9840CDW
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Overview

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Before using your Brother machine on your network, you must install the Brother software and also configure 
the appropriate TCP/IP network settings on the machine itself. To do this, we recommend that you use the 
automatic installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software and network 
installation.
If you do not wish to use the automatic installer, or you do not understand some of the terms used by the 
automatic installer, refer to the remainder of this chapter for more information.

Note

If you do not wish to, or are unable to use the automatic installer or any of Brother’s software tools, you 
can also use the machine’s control panel to change network settings. For more information, see 

Control 

panel setup

on page 77.

 

IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways

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To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the IP address and subnet 
mask. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host 
computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the gateway address.

IP address

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An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each computer connected to a network. An IP address 
consists of four numbers separated by dots. Each number is between 0 and 255.

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Example: In a small network, you would normally change the final number.

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

192.168.1.3

How the IP address is assigned to your print server:

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If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your network (typically a UNIX

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/Linux or Windows

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 2000/XP, 

Windows Vista™ or Windows Server

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 2003 network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address 

from the DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.

Note

On smaller networks, the DHCP server may be the router.

 

For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see 

Using DHCP to configure the IP 

address

on page 169, 

Using BOOTP to configure the IP address

on page 170 an

Using RARP to configure 

the IP address

on page 171.

Configuring your machine for a network 

with an Ethernet cable connection

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  • 77. IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways 2 To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the IP address and subnet mask.
  • 55. „ Example: In a small network, you would normally change the final number.
  • 92.168.
  • 1.1 , 192.
  • 68.1.
  • 92.168.
  • 1.3 How the IP address is assigned to your print server: 2 If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your network (typically a UNIX ® /Linux or Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista™ or Windows Server ® 2003 network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address from the DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.

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