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and Wireless Ethernet Print Server This Network User's Guide provides useful information on wired and wireless network settings and security settings using your Brother machine. You can also find supported protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips. To download the latest manual, please - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 2
document represents all editions of Windows Vista®. Windows® 7 in this document represents all editions of Windows® 7. Please go to the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/ and click Manuals on your model page to download the other manuals. Not all models are available - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 3
(IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway 4 Using the control panel (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T 4 Using the BRAdmin Light utility ...4 Other Management Utilities ...7 Web Based Management (web browser 7 BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows 7 BRPrint Auditor (Windows®)...8 3 Configuring - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 4
MAC Address ...39 Set to Default ...39 Wired Enable ...39 WLAN Enable ...39 Reset the network settings to the factory default 40 Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T 41 Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T 41 Printing the WLAN report (For HL- - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 5
and functions ...88 9 Configuring your machine for a network 92 IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways 92 IP address ...92 Subnet mask...93 Gateway (and router)...93 IEEE 802.1x Authentication ...94 10 Wireless network terms and concepts (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) 96 Specifying your - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 6
107 Supported protocols and security features 107 B Appendix B 108 Using services ...108 Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators 108 Using DHCP to configure the IP address 108 Using RARP to configure the IP address 109 Using BOOTP to configure the IP address - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 7
Section I Network Operation I Introduction 2 Changing your machine's network settings 4 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) 9 Control panel setup 35 Web Based Management 46 Security features 57 Troubleshooting 78 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 8
User's Guide Driver Deployment Wizard Vertical Pairing See page 102. Windows® XP Windows Vista® Windows® 7 r Windows Server® Mac OS X 10.5.8 - 2003/2008 10.7.x r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r3 1 BRAdmin Light for Macintosh is available as a download from http://solutions.brother - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 9
Secure Function Lock 2.0 increases security by restricting the use of functions. (See Secure Function Lock 2.0 uu page 49.) Store Print Log to Network 1 The Store Print Log to Network feature allows you to save the print log file from your Brother machine to a network server using CIFS. (See Store - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 10
Light utility is designed for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It also can search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address. Installing BRAdmin Light for Windows® 2 a Please make sure that your machine - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 11
name appears in the current BRAdmin Light window. The default node name of the print server in the machine is "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wireless network. ("xxxxxxxxxxxx" is your machine's MAC Address / Ethernet Address.) • No password is required by default - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 12
and HL-6180DW(T), see Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 41 ). You can also find the MAC Address from the control panel (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)). (See Chapter 4: Control panel setup.) d Choose STATIC from Boot Method. Enter the IP Address - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 13
available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/. This utility is only available for Windows® users. • If you are using a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 14
such as page counts, toner and drum status and the firmware version. In addition to reporting to Brother network management applications this utility can E-mail the usage and status information directly to a predefined E-mail address in a CSV or XML file format (SMTP Mail support required). The - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 15
on how to configure the wireless network settings. For information on TCP/IP settings, see How to change your machine's network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) uu page 4. Note • To achieve optimum results with normal everyday document printing, place the Brother machine as close - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 16
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Confirm your network environment Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode) 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 WLAN access point/Router 1 1 If your computer supports Intel® MWT (My - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 17
the print data. 1 3 2 1 Wireless network machine (your machine) 2 Wireless capable computer We do not guarantee the wireless network connection with Windows Server® products in Ad-hoc mode. To set up your machine in Ad-hoc mode, see Configuration in Ad-hoc mode (For IEEE 802.11b) uu page 32 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 18
your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable (Recommended for Windows®) It is recommended that you use a PC wirelessly connected to your network for this method. You can remotely configure the machine from the - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 19
network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) a Before configuring your machine we recommend you write down your wireless network settings. You will need this information before you continue with the configuration. For a personal wireless network configuration 3 If you are configuring your machine - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 20
HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) For an enterprise wireless network configuration 3 If you are configuring your machine for an IEEE 802.1x supported wireless network, record your Authentication method, Encryption method, User ID and Password. Network name: (SSID) Communication Mode Infrastructure - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 21
then double-click start.exe. • When the User Account Control screen appears, (Windows Vista®) click Allow. (Windows® 7) click Yes. 3 Choose Wireless Network Connection and then click Next. 4 Choose Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer or Network Shared Printer, and then click Next. 5 When you choose - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 22
you can manually add it by clicking the Advanced button. Follow the on-screen instructions for entering the Name (SSID). • If the wireless setup failure screen appears, click Retry and try again. After you have completed the wireless setup, you can proceed to the printer driver installation. Click - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 23
the LAN settings before you can configure the wireless settings again. To reset the LAN settings, see Reset the network settings to the factory default uu page 40. • If your router uses WEP encryption, enter the key used as the first WEP key. Your Brother machine supports the use of the first WEP - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 24
machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Manual configuration from the control panel 3 a Before configuring your machine we recommend you write down your wireless network settings. You will need this information before you continue with the configuration. Check and record - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 25
, check the error 3 code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 26
. Your Brother machine supports the use of the first WEP key only. b Press a or b to choose Network. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose WLAN. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Setup Wizard. Press OK. e When WLAN Enable? is displayed, press a to accept. This will start the wireless setup wizard. To - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 27
your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) g Enter the SSID name. (For information on how to enter text: uu Quick Setup Guide.) Press OK. h Using a or b, choose Infrastructure when instructed. Press OK. i Choose the Authentication method using a or b, and press - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 28
failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 29
for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Configuring your machine for an enterprise wireless network 3 a Before configuring your machine we recommend you write down your wireless network settings. You will need this information before you continue with the configuration. Check - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 30
you will have to manually add the SSID name. Go to step g. g Choose using a or b. Press OK. Go to step h. h Enter the SSID name. (For information on how to enter text: uu Quick Setup Guide.) Press OK. Go to step i. i Using a or b, choose Infrastructure when instructed. Press OK. j Choose - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 31
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Note Depending on your Authentication method, the Inner , see Using Certificates for device security uu page 66. o Enter the server ID. (For information on how to enter text: uu Quick Setup Guide.) Go to step p. 25 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 32
failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 33
your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) One push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) or AOSS™ 3 You can use WPS or AOSS™ from the control panel menu to configure your wireless network settings if your WLAN access point/router (A) supports either WPS (PBC - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 34
failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 35
your machine) to the Registrar (a device that manages the wireless LAN), you can setup the WLAN network and security settings. See the user's guide 3 supplied with your WLAN access point/router for instructions on how to access the WPS mode. Connection when the WLAN access point/router (A) doubles - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 36
your WLAN access point/router. • If you use Windows® 7 as a Registrar, you can install the printer driver after the wireless configuration by following the on-screen instructions. If you want to install the full driver and software package, follow the steps uu Quick Setup Guide for installation. 30 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 37
failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 38
your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Configuration in Ad-hoc mode (For IEEE 802.11b) 3 Using configured SSID 3 If you are trying to pair the machine to a computer that is already in Ad-hoc mode with a configured SSID, you will need to complete the following - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 39
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL- printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 40
failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. (Windows®) You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing the printer driver, please choose Install Printer Driver from the CD-ROM menu. (Macintosh) You - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 41
factory default 4 See Reset the network settings to the factory default uu page 40. Print the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) or Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) 4 See Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) uu page 41. See Printing the Network - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 42
for the machine to scan the network for a server. Static mode 4 In this mode the machine's IP address must be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked to the assigned address. Note If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the Boot Method - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 43
169.254.1.0 - 169.254.254.255) when the print server cannot obtain an IP address through the Boot Method you have set. (See Boot Method uu page 36.) Choosing Off means the IP address does not change, when the print server cannot obtain an IP address through the Boot Method you have set. IPv6 4 This - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 44
more information: uu Quick Setup Guide or Manual configuration from the control panel uu page 18.) WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)/AOSS™ (wireless network only) 4 If your WLAN access point/router supports either WPS (PBC 1) or AOSS™ (Automatic Wireless mode), you can configure the machine easily. (For - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 45
This field displays the current wireless network communication mode. MAC Address 4 The MAC address is a unique number assigned for the machine's network interface. You can check your machine's MAC address from the control panel. Set to Default 4 The Set to Default allows you to reset each wired or - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 46
Control panel setup Reset the network settings to the factory default 4 You can reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information). Note • This function resets all wired and wireless network settings to the factory - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 47
print the current Printer Settings Page. Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) 4 Note Node name: The Node name appears on the Network Configuration Report. The default node name is "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wireless - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 48
Control panel setup Printing the WLAN report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) 4 The Print WLANReport prints your machine's wireless status report. If the wireless connection failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. a Press a or b to - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 49
Control panel setup Function table and default factory settings HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T) Factory settings are shown in Bold with asterisk. Main menu Network Submenu Wired LAN Menu Selections TCP/IP Boot Method Ethernet IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway IP Boot Tries APIPA IPv6 - Wired - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 50
WLAN OFF AOSS Active Signal Channel Connection Fail (Appears only when WLAN Enable is On.) Speed SSID Comm. Mode Ad-hoc MAC Address Set to Default WLAN Enable Infrastructure - - Restores wireless network settings of the internal print server to the factory default. - On Off* 44 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 51
print server to the factory default. 1 On connection to the network, the machine will automatically set the IP address and Subnet Mask to values appropriate for your network. 2 For details, please see the Wi-Fi Direct™ Guide located on the Manuals download page for your model on the Brother - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 52
See Secure Function Lock 2.0 uu page 49.) Configure Store Print Log to Network (See Store Print Log to Network uu page 53.) Software version information of the machine and print server Change network and machine configuration details Note We recommend Windows® Internet Explorer® 7.0/8.0 or - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 53
name can be seen in the Printer Settings Page (See Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) uu page 41) or Network Configuration Report (See Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 41). 5 • For Macintosh users, you can have easy access to - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 54
HL-6180DW(T)) 5 Your machine supports 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet. To connect to a 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Network, you must set the machine's Ethernet link mode printing the Network Configuration Report. See Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 55
configure and change the following Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using Web Based Management, or BRAdmin Professional 3 (Windows® only) . Print 1 2 Page Limit 5 Page Counter 1 Print includes print jobs sent via Google Cloud Print and Brother iPrint&Scan. 2 If you register the PC user - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 56
more information about the printer driver: uu User's Guide. • The Secure Function Lock feature does not support the BR-Script3 driver for printing. Other features 5 You can set up the following features in Secure Function Lock 2.0: All Counter Reset You can reset the page counter by clicking All - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 57
Web Based Management How to configure the SNTP protocol using Web Based Management address from that server. • STATIC Enter the address you want to use. Primary SNTP Server Address, Secondary SNTP Server Address Enter the server address (up to 64 characters). The Secondary SNTP server address - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 58
Web Based Management Synchronization Interval Enter the number of hours between server synchronization attempts (1 to 168 hours). Synchronization Status You can confirm the latest synchronization status. d Click Submit to apply the settings. 5 52 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 59
log file from your Brother machine to a network server using CIFS 1. You can record the ID, type of print job, job name, user name, date, time and the number of printed pages for every print job. 1 CIFS is the Common Internet File System protocol that runs over TCP/IP allowing computers on a network - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 60
, see How to configure the SNTP protocol using Web Based Management uu page 51. Username Enter the Username for the authentication up to 96 characters. 5 Note If the username is part of a domain, please input the username in one of the following styles: user@domain or domain\user. Password Enter - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 61
as follows: • If the log cannot be stored at the end of printing, the print log except the number of printed pages will be recorded. (1) • If the Print Log cannot be stored at the beginning and the end of printing, the print log of the job will not be recorded. When the function has recovered - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 62
server address is part of a domain, please input the username in one of the following styles: user@domain or domain\user. • The time of the log file server matches the time from the SNTP server settings. • The SNTP time server settings are configured configured. Note If you choose the Cancel Print - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 63
over it. Your Brother machine employs some configure them. You can configure Windows®) uu page 60.) 6 Secure Management using BRAdmin Professional 3 (Windows®) (See Secure Management using BRAdmin Professional 3 (Windows®) uu page 60.) Printing documents securely using SSL/TLS (See Printing - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 64
name. For how to assign a Common Name for the certificate, see Using Certificates for device security uu page 66.) For example: https://192.168.1.2/ (if the Common Name is the machine's IP address) c No password is required by default. Enter a password if you have set one and press . d You can - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 65
of operation. 6 SNMP v1/v2c read-write access In this mode the print server uses version 1 and version 2c of the SNMP protocol. You can use all Brother applications under this mode. However, it is not secure since it will not authenticate the user and the data will not be encrypted. SNMPv3 read - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 66
as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/. If you use an older version of BRAdmin 1 to manage your Brother machines the user authentication will on the new print servers. 1 BRAdmin Professional older than Ver. 2.80, BRAdmin Light for Macintosh older than Ver. 1.10 2 NC-2000 series, NC-2100p, - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 67
documents securely using SSL/TLS 6 To print documents securely with IPP protocol, you can use the IPPS Settings. • Communication using IPPS cannot prevent unauthorized access to the print server. • IPPS is available for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2003/2008. 6 61 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 68
ISP (Internet Service Provider) for details. h After configuring, click Submit. The Test E-mail Send Configuration dialog appears. i Follow the instructions on-screen if you want to test with the current settings. Sending an E-mail with user authentication 6 This machine supports POP before SMTP - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 69
Service Provider) implements the "Outbound Port 25 Blocking (OP25B)" service. By changing the SMTP port number to a specific Import and export a CA certificate uu page 77. • If you do not manually, enter the port number after you choose SMTP over SSL/TLS or POP3 over SSL/TLS. You must configure - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 70
the instructions. You can also configure IEEE 802.1x authentication using: (Wired network) BRAdmin Professional 3 (Wireless network) 6 Wireless setup wizard from the control panel (For details, see Configuring your machine for an enterprise wireless network uu page 23.) Wireless setup - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 71
name can be seen in the Printer Settings Page (See Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) uu page 41) or Network Configuration Report (See Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 41). • For Macintosh users, you can have easy access to - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 72
available. (Wireless) 6 Shortly after configuring, WLAN report will be printed automatically. Check your wireless configuration on the report. See Printing the WLAN report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 42. Using Certificates for device security 6 Your Brother machine supports the - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 73
certificate from the CA, prior to the configuration. (See Import and export a CA certificate uu page 77.) Note • If you are going to use SSL/TLS communication, we recommend that you contact your system 6 administrator first. • When you reset the print server back to its default factory settings - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 74
Management only. Follow these steps to access the configure certificate page using Web Based Management. a Start your web browser. b Type "http://machine's IP address/" into your browser (where "machine's IP address" is the machine's IP address). For example: http://192.168.1.2/ c Click Network - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 75
computer. (See page 70.) Install the certificate issued by the CA to your Brother machine using Web Based Management. (See page 75.) 6 Certificate page. b Enter a Common Name and a Valid Date. Note • The length of the Common Name is less than 64 byte. Enter an identifier such as an IP address, - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 76
Internet Explorer®. If you use another web browser, follow the help text of the web browser itself. For Windows Vista®, Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 users that have administrator rights 6 a Click the button and All Programs. b Right-click Internet Explorer, and then click Run as administrator - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 77
IP address or the node name that you assigned for the certificate). Then, click Continue to this website (not recommended).. 6 d Click Certificate Error, and then click View certificates. For the rest of the instructions, follow the steps from step d in For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003 users - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 78
Security features For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003 users 6 a Start your web browser. b Type "https://machine's IP address/" into your browser to access your machine (where "machine's IP address" is the IP address or the node name that you assigned for the certificate). c When the following - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 79
Security features f Choose Place all certificates in the following store and then click Browse.... g Choose Trusted Root Certification Authorities and then click OK. 6 h Click Next. i Click Finish. 73 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 80
. Note The fingerprint (thumbprint) is printed on the Printer Settings Page (See Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) uu page 41) or Network Configuration Report (See Printing the Network Configuration Report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 41). 6 k Click OK. l The - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 81
a CSR to your CA. • If you are using Enterprise root CA of Windows Server® 2003/2008, we recommend using the Web Server for the certificate template User for the certificate template. For more information, see the SSL communication page from the top page for your model at http://solutions.brother. - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 82
view each certificate's content, delete or export the certificate. For information on how to access the Certificate page, see Configure certificate using Web Based Management uu page 68. The Brother machine allows you to store up to three self-signed certificates or up to three certificates issued - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 83
You can store a CA certificate on the machine by importing and exporting. How to import a CA certificate a Click CA Certificate on the Security page. b Click Import CA Certificate and choose the certificate. Click Submit. How to export a CA certificate a Click CA Certificate on the Security - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 84
below 7 I cannot complete the wireless network setup configuration. (See page 79.) The Brother machine is not found on the network during the printer driver installation. (See page 79.) The Brother machine cannot print over the network. (See page 80.) The Brother machine is not found on the - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 85
Brother machine is not found on the network during the printer driver installation. Question Is your machine connected to the network and does it have a valid IP address? Are you using security software? Interface Solution wired/ wireless Print the Printer Settings Page or Network Configuration - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 86
print over the network. The Brother machine is not found on the network even after successful installation. Question Are you using security software? Is your Brother machine assigned with an available IP address? Interface Solution wired/ See I'm using security software. uu page 82. wireless - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 87
Troubleshooting The Brother machine cannot print over the network. The Brother machine is not found on the network even after successful installation. (continued) Question Is your Brother machine assigned with an available IP address? (continued) Interface Solution wired/ wireless 1 (Windows® - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 88
of the wireless connection. (For how to print, see Printing the WLAN report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 42.) If there is an error code on the printed WLAN report: uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. See The Brother machine is not found on the network during the printer driver - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 89
all instructions in First check the following: wireless uu page 78. Where can I find my Brother wired/ Print the Printer Settings Page or Network Configuration Report. See machine's network settings, wireless Printing the Printer Settings Page (For HL-5450DN(T)) uu page 41 or 7 such as IP address - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 90
to confirm the state of the wireless connection. For how to print, see Printing the WLAN report (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) uu page 42. If there is an error code on the printed WLAN report: uu Quick Setup Guide: Troubleshooting. See the instructions supplied with your WLAN access point - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 91
Section II Network Glossary Types of network connections and protocols Configuring your machine for a network Wireless network terms and concepts (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Additional network settings from Windows® Security terms and concepts II 86 92 96 100 103 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 92
, we recommend the Peer-to-Peer printing method as it is easier to configure than the Network Shared printing method. See Network Shared printing uu page 87. Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol. The Brother machine needs an appropriate IP address configuration. If you are using a router - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 93
machine (your machine) In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment. The "server" or the "print server" must use the TCP/IP print protocol. The Brother machine needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the machine is connected via the USB or the - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 94
your Brother machine supports, see Supported protocols and security features uu page 107. • For information about supported security protocols, see Security protocols uu page 104. 8 DHCP/BOOTP/RARP 8 By using the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, the IP address can be automatically configured. Note - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 95
the network connection. WINS 8 Windows® Internet Name Service is an information providing service for the NetBIOS name resolution by consolidating an IP address and a NetBIOS name that is in the local network. LPR/LPD 8 Commonly used printing protocols on a TCP/IP network. SMTP client 8 Simple - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 96
Windows® 7. Web Services 8 8 The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 users to install the drivers used for printing by right-clicking the machine icon from the Network folder. (See Installing drivers used for printing via Web Services (Windows Vista® and Windows® 7) uu page - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 97
Management (web browser). (For the details, see How to configure the SNTP protocol using Web Based Management uu page 51.) CIFS 8 The Common Internet File System is the standard way that computer users share files and printers in Windows®. IPv6 8 IPv6 is the next generation internet protocol. For - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 98
, you need to configure its 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 9 An IP address is a series of numbers that - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 99
limit to communication at this part of the address. What this means in the above example is, we can communicate with any device that has an IP address that begins with 192.168 to configure the Gateway IP address. If you do not know 9 the Gateway IP address then contact your Network Administrator. - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 100
via Secured Tunneling) has been developed by Cisco Systems, Inc. which uses a user ID and password for authentication, and symmetric key algorithms to achieve a tunneled authentication process. The Brother machine supports the following inner authentication methods: • EAP-FAST/NONE • EAP-FAST/MS - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 101
developed by Funk Software and Certicom. EAP-TTLS creates a similar encrypted SSL tunnel to PEAP, between a client and an authentication server, for sending a user ID and password. EAP-TTLS provides mutual authentication between the server and the client. The Brother machine supports the following - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 102
specify these options when you are configuring your Brother wireless machine, it will not be able to connect to the wireless network. Therefore care must be taken when configuring these options. Please see Supported protocols and security features uu page 107 for which authentication and encryption - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 103
(For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Authentication and Encryption methods for a personal wireless network 10 A personal wireless network is a small network, such as a home wireless network, without IEEE 802.1x support. If you want to use your machine in an IEEE 802.1x supported wireless network - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 104
Wireless network terms and concepts (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW support. If you configure your machine in an IEEE 802.1x supported wireless network, you can use the following authentication and encryption methods. Authentication methods LEAP For LEAP, see LEAP (For wireless network) uu page - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 105
Wireless network terms and concepts (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) Encryption methods 10 TKIP For TKIP, see TKIP uu page 97. AES For AES, see AES uu page 97. CKIP The original Key Integrity Protocol for LEAP by Cisco Systems, Inc. User ID and password 10 The following security methods use - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 106
You must configure the IP address on your machine before you configure this setting. • For Windows Server® 2008, you must install Print Services. a Insert the installer CD-ROM. 11 b Choose your CD-ROM drive/install/driver/gdi/32 or 64. c Double-click DPInst.exe. Note If the User Account Control - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 107
Brother HL-XXXX (model name) [XXXXXXXXXXXX] (MAC Address / Ethernet Address). f From the pull down menu, click Install. Uninstalling drivers used for printing via Web Services (Windows Vista® and Windows® 7) 11 To uninstall Web Services from a computer, follow the instructions below. a (Windows - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 108
mode when using Vertical Pairing (Windows® 7) 11 Windows® Vertical Pairing is a technology to allow your Vertical Pairing supported wireless machine to connect to your Infrastructure network using the PIN Method of WPS and the Web Services feature. This also enables the printer driver - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 109
12 Security terms and concepts 12 Security features 12 Security terms 12 CA (Certificate Authority) A CA is an entity that issues digital certificates (especially X.509 certificates) and vouches for the binding between the data items in a certificate. CSR (Certificate Signing Request) A - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 110
Protocol (HTTP) that uses SSL. IPPS 12 The version of the printing protocol Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) that uses SSL. SNMPv3 12 The Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) provides user authentication and data encryption to manage network devices securely. 12 104 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 111
methods settings using Web Based Management (web browser). For the details, see How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser) uu page 46. POP before SMTP (PbS) 12 The user authentication method for sending E-mail from a client. The client is given permission to use - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 112
Section III Appendixes II I Appendix A 107 Appendix B 108 - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 113
(Ad-hoc mode) ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, FTP Server, TELNET Server, HTTP/HTTPS server, TFTP client and server, SMTP Client, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, ICMP, Web Services (Print), CIFS - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 114
for Macintosh PostScript® service (switches PJL-compatible machine to PostScript® mode) Where "xxxxxxxxxxxx" is your machine's MAC Address (Ethernet Address). Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) B Using DHCP to configure the IP address B The Dynamic Host - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 115
or Web Based Management (web browser). The Brother print server's IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your for a wireless network) Where the first entry is the MAC Address (Ethernet Address) of the print server and the second entry is the name of the print server ( - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 116
BOOTP server when the machine is powered on. Using APIPA to configure the IP address B B The Brother print server supports the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. With APIPA, DHCP clients automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a DHCP server is not available. The - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 117
other methods described in this chapter to enter the IP address. If your administrator has configured the system to deliver IP addresses using BOOTP, DHCP or RARP your Brother print server can receive an IP address from any one of these IP address allocation systems. In which case, you will not need - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 118
Appendix B Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address B You can also use the TELNET command to change the IP address. TELNET is an effective method to change the machine's IP address. But a valid IP address must already be programmed into the print server. Type TELNET at - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 119
14, 17, 94 Infrastructure mode 10 IP address 36, 92 IP Boot Tries 37 IPP 89 IPPS 61, 104 IPv6 37, 91 L LEAP 94 LLMNR 90 LPR/LPD 89 M MAC Address 5, 6, 7, 39, 41, 101, 108, 109 110, 111 mDNS 89 N NetBIOS name resolution 89 Network Configuration Report 41 Network Connection Repair - Brother International HL-6180DW | Network User's Guide - English - Page 120
107 T TCP/IP 36, 43, 44, 88 TELNET 90, 112 TEXT_P1 108 TKIP 97 V Vertical Pairing 2, 100 W Web Based Management (web browser) ......... 2, 7, 58 Web Services 90, 100, 101 WEP 97 WINS 89 Wireless network 9, 96 WLAN report 42, 82, 84 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 97 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup 27, 29
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