Brother International 2700CN Network Users Manual - English - Page 83

The Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA protocol, Quick Tips, Network Configuration

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Quick Tips: 1 The default name that will appear in the Chooser of a Macintosh® will usually be BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT (where xxxxxx is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address) 2 From a Macintosh® network, the easiest way to change this name is to assign an IP address to the printer and then use a Web browser to change the name. Connect to the printer using a web browser and then click on Network Configuration. Enter the password (the default password is access) then select Configure AppleTalk. Click on BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, then on Service Name. Enter the new name that you wish to appear in Chooser. Then click on Submit. 3 Mac OS® 8.6 or later supports TCP/IP printing. 4 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 5 To print a printer settings page, press the Set button three times in rapid succession. 6 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH® 7 - 2

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PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
®
7 - 2
Quick Tips:
1
The default name that will appear in the Chooser of a
Macintosh
®
will usually be
BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT
(where
xxxxxx
is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address)
2
From a Macintosh
®
network, the easiest way to change this name
is to assign an IP address to the printer and then use a Web
browser to change the name. Connect to the printer using a web
browser and then click on
Network Configuration
. Enter the
password (the default password is
access
) then select
Configure AppleTalk
. Click on
BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT
,
then on
Service Name
. Enter the new name that you wish to
appear in
Chooser
. Then click on
Submit
.
3
Mac OS
®
8.6 or later supports TCP/IP printing.
4
The default password for Brother print servers is
access
.
5
To print a printer settings page, press the
Set
button
three times in rapid succession.
6
The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol
automatically assigns an IP address from the range:
169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is
disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server
is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel
(if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web
BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an
IP address to the printer.