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Changing your machine's network settings Other Management Utilities 2 Your Brother machine has the following management utilities in addition to the BRAdmin Light utility. You can change your network settings using these utilities. 2 Web Based Management (web browser) (MFC-J5910DW only) 2 A standard web browser can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). (See How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser) uu page 54.) BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®) 2 BRAdmin Professional 3 is a utility for a more advanced management of network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother products on your network and view the device status from an easy to read Explorer style window that changes color identifying the status of each device. You can configure network and device settings along with the ability to update device firmware from a Windows® computer on your LAN. BRAdmin Professional 3 can also log activity of Brother devices on your network and export the log data in an HTML, CSV, TXT or SQL format. For more information and downloading, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/. Note • Please use the latest version of the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is 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, re-enable the application. • Node name: The node name appears in the current BRAdmin Professional 3 window. The default Node name is "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx". ("xxxxxxxxxxxx" is your MAC Address / Ethernet Address.) 7

Section	Page
NETWORK USER’S GUIDE	1
Applicable models	2
Definitions of notes	2
Compilation and publication notice	2
IMPORTANT NOTE	2
Table of Contents	3
1 Introduction	5
Network features	5
Other Network features	7
Internet fax (Available as a download) (MFC-J5910DW only)	7
Security (MFC-J5910DW only)	7
Secure Function Lock 2.0 (MFC-J5910DW only)	7
Brother Web Connect (MFC-J825DW/J835DW USA only)	7
2 Changing your machine’s network settings	8
How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway)	8
Using the control panel	8
Using the BRAdmin Light utility	8
Installing BRAdmin Light	8
Setting the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light	9
Other Management Utilities	11
Web Based Management (web browser) (MFC-J5910DW only)	11
BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®)	11
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network	12
Overview	12
Confirm your network environment	13
Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode)	13
Install method	13
Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network (Ad-hoc mode)	14
Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable	15
For Windows® users (Recommended)	15
For Macintosh users	16
Wireless configuration temporarily using an Ethernet cable (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW)	18
One push configuration using Wi-Fi Protected Setup or AOSS™	21
One-push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) or AOSS™	21
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup	23
Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard	27
Manual configuration from the control panel	27
Configuring your machine when the SSID is not broadcast	30
Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode	34
Configure the wireless settings	34
4 Control panel setup	38
Network menu	38
TCP/IP	38
BOOT Method	38
IP Address	39
Subnet Mask	39
Gateway	39
Node Name	39
WINS Config	39
WINS Server	39
DNS Server	40
APIPA	40
IPv6 (MFC-J5910DW only)	40
Setup Wizard	40
WPS/AOSS™	40
WPS w/PIN Code	41
WLAN Status	41
Status	41
Signal	41
SSID	41
Comm.Mode	41
Ethernet (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW)	41
MAC Address	41
E-mail / IFAX (Available when IFAX is downloaded) (MFC-J5910DW only)	41
Mail Address	42
Setup Server	42
Setup Mail RX	42
Setup Mail TX	43
Setup Relay	43
Time Zone (MFC-J5910DW only)	44
Windows® Time Zone setting	44
Network I/F (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW)	44
Restoring the network settings to factory default	45
Printing the Network Configuration Report	46
Printing the WLAN Report	47
Function table and default factory settings	48
5 Web Based Management (MFC-J5910DW only)	57
Overview	57
How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser)	58
Secure Function Lock 2.0	60
How to configure the Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using Web Based Management (web browser)	60
Basic configuration	60
Scanning when using Secure Function Lock 2.0	61
Setting up public mode	61
Restricting PC print by PC user login name	61
Other features	62
Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a web browser	63
Changing the Scan to Network configuration using a web browser	64
6 Internet fax (MFC-J5910DW only)	65
Internet fax Overview	65
Important information on Internet fax	66
How to Internet fax	67
Sending an Internet fax	67
Before sending an Internet fax	67
How to send an Internet fax	67
Receiving E-mail or Internet fax	68
Before receiving an Internet fax	68
How to receive an Internet fax	68
Receiving an Internet fax to your computer	69
Additional Internet Fax options	70
Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages	70
Relay broadcasting	70
Before relaying broadcast	70
Relay broadcast from a machine	70
Sending to multiple phone numbers:	71
Relay broadcast from a computer	72
TX Verification Mail	72
Setup Mail TX	73
Setup Mail RX	73
Error mail	73
7 Security features (MFC-J5910DW only)	74
Overview	74
Sending an E-mail securely	75
Configuration using Web Based Management (web browser)	75
Sending an E-mail with user authentication	76
Secure Management using BRAdmin Professional 3 (Windows®)	77
To use the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility securely, you need to follow the points below	77
8 Troubleshooting	78
Overview	78
Appendix A	84
Supported protocols and security features	84

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Changing your machine’s network settings

Other Management Utilities

Your Brother machine has the following management utilities in addition to the BRAdmin Light utility. You can

change your network settings using these utilities.

Web Based Management (web browser) (MFC-J5910DW only)

A standard web browser can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text

Transfer Protocol). (See

How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web

browser)

page 54.)

BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows

)

BRAdmin Professional 3 is a utility for a more advanced management of network connected Brother devices.

This utility can search for Brother products on your network and view the device status from an easy to read

Explorer style window that changes color identifying the status of each device. You can configure network

and device settings along with the ability to update device firmware from a Windows

computer on your LAN.

BRAdmin Professional 3 can also log activity of Brother devices on your network and export the log data in

an HTML, CSV, TXT or SQL format.

For more information and downloading, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

Note

•

Please use the latest version of the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is 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, re-enable the application.

•

Node name: The node name appears in the current BRAdmin Professional 3 window. The default Node

name is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx”. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your MAC Address / Ethernet

Address.)