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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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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 choose 

LAN

. Proceed to the menu selection you wish to 

configure. See 

Function table and default factory settings

on page 181.

Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light utility 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 17 for a wired connection or 

Changing the print server settings

on page 30 

for a wireless connection.

TCP/IP

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

Wired

 menu selections. If you 

connect the machine to a wireless Ethernet network, use the 

WLAN

 menu selections.

This menu has ten sections: 

BOOT Method

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

Node Name

WINS Config

WINS Server

DNS Server

APIPA

 and 

IPv6

.

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 Professional utility, Remote Setup or Web Based Management (web browser).

• You cannot change the BOOT method using the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM 

with your Brother product. Please use the latest BRAdmin Professional utility that is available as a 
download from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows

®

 users.

 

a

Press 

Menu

.

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

LAN

.

Press 

OK

.

c

(For Wired) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Wired

.

(For Wireless) Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

WLAN

.

Press 

OK

.

Control panel setup

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Detailed Information for Brother MFC-9840CDW Network User's Guide

Lists of information found in Brother MFC-9840CDW Network User's Guide - Page 87

  • 81. Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light utility and Remote Setup applications for Windows ® and Macintosh ® , which also can be used to configure many aspects of the network.
  • 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.
  • You cannot change the BOOT method using the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM with your Brother product.

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