Brother International HL 5280DW Network Users Manual - English
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- Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 1
Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Print Server and Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Print Server f NETWORK USER'S GUIDE HL-5270DN HL-5280DW Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the Printer CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 2
this User's Guide: Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features. Improper Setup icons alert you to devices and operations that are not compatible with the printer. Trademarks Brother and the Brother logo are - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 3
(HL-5280DW only) This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that country. Windows® XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 4
Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother to send the information to any fax printer. Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about how - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 5
For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Internet addresses Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com (In USA Only - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 6
(for Windows 1-3 BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater 1-3 Types of network connection ...1-4 Wired network connection example 1-4 Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP 1-4 Network Shared printing ...1-5 Wireless network connection example (HL-5280DW only 1-6 Connected to wireless capable - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 7
Peer-to-Peer software 4-5 Associating to the printer ...4-6 Adding a second Brother LPR port 4-7 Other sources of information ...4-7 5 Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing 5-1 Overview...5-1 Print server configuration for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows NT - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 8
...8-8 WLAN menu options (HL-5280DW only 8-8 WLAN ENABLE ...8-8 TCP/IP ...8-8 WIRELESS ...8-9 NETBIOS/IP ...8-10 SET DEFAULT ...8-10 Printing the Printer Settings Page...8-11 How to print the Printer Settings Page 8-11 Restoring the network settings to factory default 8-11 Disabling the APIPA - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 9
-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) troubleshooting ........ 9-7 Windows® 2000/XP IPP troubleshooting 9-8 Web browser troubleshooting (TCP/IP 9-8 Wireless network troubleshooting...9-9 Wireless setup problems ...9-9 Wireless connection problem ...9-9 Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only 10 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 10
Overview The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless (HL-5280DW 1 only) Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server provides printing services for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP supporting the TCP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 11
Introduction To use the Brother printer through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers you use. Note For wireless network users (HL-5280DW only): 1 • To achieve optimum results with normal every day document printing, place the Brother printer as close to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 12
Network function features The Brother HL-5270DN and HL-5280DW have the following basic network functions. Network printing 1 The print server provides printing services for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh supporting TCP/IP (Mac - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 13
, each computer directly sends and receives data to and from the Brother printer. Windows® Windows® Windows® Router TCP/IP TCP/IP Network printer ■ In a smaller network of 2 or 3 computers, we recommend the Peer-to-Peer printing method as it is easier to configure than the Network Shared - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 14
the Brother printer via a centrally controlled computer. This type of computer is often called a "server" or a "print server". Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs. 1 Windows® Windows® Windows® Windows® TCP/IP Also known as "Server" or "Print server" Network printer Network - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 15
HL-5280DW only) Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode) 1 This type of network has a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point can also act as a bridge or a gateway to a wired network. When the Brother wireless printer - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 16
network has a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point is connected to a computer which is not wireless capable with the Ethernet cable. When the Brother wireless printer (your printer) is a part of this network, it receives all print jobs via an access point. 1 1 - 7 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 17
manually (using the BRAdmin software) or automatically (using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server), the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will automatically assign an IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. DNS client The Brother print server supports the Domain Name Service - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 18
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, printers and terminals in a TCP/IP network. Web server (HTTP) The Brother print server is equipped with a web server that allows you to monitor its status or change some of its configuration settings - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 19
network and install the network software and printer driver which you need to complete the network configuration. You will be guided by the on-screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother network printer. Please follow the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide. If you want to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 20
For more information on APIPA, see Using APIPA to configure the IP address on page A-3. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network. For - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 21
• The default password for Brother print servers is access. • If you are connecting to a wireless network, you must configure the wireless settings of the printer before you can use BRAdmin Professional. (HL-5280DW only). 1 Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 22
Note • If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will appear as APIPA in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen. • You can find the node name and Ethernet address (Node Address above) by printing out the Printer Settings Page. See - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 23
, in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window. 4 Select Configure Print Server from the Control menu. 5 Enter a password. The default Password is access. 6 You can now change the print server settings. Using the control panel to change the print server settings You can configure and change the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 24
DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 25
network software and printer driver which you need to complete the configuration of your printer for a wireless network. You will be guided by the on-screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother wireless network printer. Please follow the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 26
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) Channels Wireless networks use channels. Each wireless channel is on a different frequency. When configuring your Brother device to work in a wireless network, you must set it to the channel that is used on the wireless network that you - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 27
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) Encryption methods Encryption is used to secure the data that is sent over the wireless network. The Brother wireless network printer supports the following encryption methods: ■ None 3 No encryption method is used. ■ WEP By using WEP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 28
the instructions in the supplied Quick Setup Guide, and for installation in ad-hoc mode, see Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) in Chapter 10. Using SecureEasySetupTM to configure your printer in a wireless network The SecureEasySetupTM is an easy way to configure your Brother - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 29
now use your printer in a wireless network. CONNECTION ERROR is displayed when the print server has not successfully connected to your router or access point. Try starting from Step 1 again. If the same message is displayed again, reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 30
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) Using the control panel NETWORK menu to configure your wireless network printer (in infrastructure mode) You can configure your print server by using the NETWORK menu on the printer's control panel. See to the steps below for further - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 31
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 7 Press Set. Press the + button to select LIST SSID. LIST SSID 3 8 The printer will search for a wireless network name (SSID) around the printer. WAITING... 9 After a few seconds, you can select the SSID from the list using the + button or - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 32
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 14 Press Set. Press the + button or the - button to select AUTHENTICATION. AUTHENTICATION 15 Press Set. Press the + button or the - button to select - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 33
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 18 Press the + button or the - button to select WEP kEY SELECT. WEP KEY SELECT 3 19 Press Set. Press the + button or the - button - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 34
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 24 Press Set. Press the + button or the - button to select WEP KEY1, WEP KEY2, WEP KEY3 or WEP KEY4, which key number matches - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 35
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 29 Press Set. Enter a user ID for LEAP. 3 30 Press Set. Press the + button or the - button to select PASSWORD. PASSWORD 31 Press Set. Enter a password for LEAP. *** Press Set. 32 Press the + button or the - button to select APPLY. APPLY - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 36
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) Changing the print server settings Once you have configured your wireless network printer, you can change the wireless settings using the BRAdmin Professional utility or the control panel on the front of the Brother printer. 3 Using the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 37
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only) 4 Select Configure Wireless Setting from the Control menu. 5 Enter a password. The default Password is access. 6 You can now change the print server settings. 3 Using the control panel NETWORK menu to change the print server settings - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 38
to pass data between the two devices. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. For Windows® 2000/XP users By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install the necessary print software to enable you to print. This section describes the most commonly used configuration, Standard - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 39
will now appear. Click Next. 9 Enter the IP address, or the print server name you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you. 4 10 Click Next. 11 Windows® 2000/XP will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did not specify the correct IP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 40
or server will need to be re-booted). Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the printer Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select your model and the desired language. Then click Install Other Drivers or Utilities. 3 Select the Network Print Software - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 41
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as "BRN_xxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRW_xxxxxx" for a wireless network where "xxxxxx" is the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 42
installed the driver from the printer's CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 43
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as "BRN_xxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRW_xxxxxx" for a wireless network where "xxxxxx" is the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 44
. Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Other sources of information See Chapter 2 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 45
. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. • The default domain name of the print server is WORKGROUP, to change it use your web browser or the BRAdmin application. Print server configuration for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0 Print server configuration In - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 46
on the CD-ROM with your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows® users. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. 1 Start the BRAdmin Professional - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 47
also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. utility, you can use TELNET. When you are connected to the print server, enter the default password access in response to the # prompt. Type in anything in - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 48
the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" during the installation, then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the printer Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 49
NetBIOS Port Monitor" section) and click Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You are now ready - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 50
have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 2 Click the Ports tab and click the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click New Port and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 51
Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing Other sources of information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 See Chapter 2 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 5 5 - 7 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 52
devices. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. Windows® 2000/XP IPP printing Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows® 2000/XP. 1 For Windows® XP: Go to the Start button and select Printers and Faxes. For Windows® 2000: Go to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 53
on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will automatically use that driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after which the Driver installation Wizard will complete. You are now ready to print. If the printer driver has NOT been installed - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 54
printing for Windows® Specifying a different URL Please note that there are several possible entries that you can enter for the URL field. http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp 6 This is the default printer data. If you are using the built in service names that the Brother print server supports, - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 55
on how to configure the Brother Laser driver on a Network for Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2, see the Quick Setup Guide included with the printer. For updated information on printing from a Macintosh® visit the Brother Solutions web site at: http://solutions.brother.com Printing from a Macintosh® using the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 56
6 (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 to 10.3) Make the following selection. Network printing from Macintosh® 7 7 Select Brother HL-XXXX series (where XXXX is your model name) and then click Add. 8 Click the printer, then click Make Default to set the printer as the default printer. The printer is now ready to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 57
Node name of the network card in the printer is "BRN_xxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRW_xxxxxx" for a wireless network ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet address.). • The default password for Brother print servers is access. 1 Start the BRAdmin Light utility (from Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 58
print server settings using the control panel NEWORK menu. See Control panel setup on page 8-1. 7 Other sources of information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 See Chapter 2 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 59
network settings to factory default. Disable the APIPA protocol See Disabling the APIPA protocol on page 8-12 for information on how to disable the APIPA protocol. Changing the print server settings using the control panel NETWORK menu Before using your Brother printer in a network environment - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 60
and default factory settings (HL-5270DN) See (HL-5280DW) on page 8-3 for the HL-5280DW NETWORK menu table. 8 Level one NETWORK Level two TCP/IP Level three TCP/IP ENABLE IP ADDRESS= SUBNET MASK= GATEWAY= IP BOOT TRIES IP METHOD NETBIOS/IP ENET APIPA IPV6 - FACTORY RESET OK? Options - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 61
Control panel setup (HL-5280DW) See (HL-5270DN) on page 8-2 for the HL-5270DN NETWORK menu table. Note 8 In order to make your wireless settings effective, you must select the APPLY option from the WIRELESS sub menu and then select YES or YES&REPORT. If you do not do this, the network settings - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 62
setup Level one Level two Level three Level four Options 1 Factory settings NETWORK WLAN WIRELESS SecureEasySetup (Continued) (Continued) COMM.MODE - =AD-HOC, INFRASTRUCTURE =AD-HOC LIST SSID (Shows a list of available - 8 names for the wireless ]) PASSWORD 4 (Shows the password for - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 63
by the APIPA setting. 8 2. The factory setting for Subnet Mask may be changed by the APIPA setting. 3. PASSPHRASE is used for the WPA-PSK authentication. 4. USER and PASSWORD are used for the LEAP authentication. WIRED menu options See WLAN menu options (HL-5280DW only) on page 8-8 for detailed - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 64
ON, it may take a few minutes for the printer to scan the network for a server. • STATIC In this mode the printer's IP address must be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked to the assigned address. • RARP The Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 65
host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host and specify the name of this file and its path in the configuration file. As with rarp, the print server - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 66
is valid after the print server has been reset. The default setting is AUTO. Note If you incorrectly set this value, you may not be able to communicate with your print server. SET DEFAULT You can restore the WIRED menu settings to factory default. WLAN menu options (HL-5280DW only) See WIRED menu - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 67
Control panel setup WIRELESS See Using the control panel NETWORK menu to configure your wireless network printer (in infrastructure mode) on page 3-6 for more information. ■ SecureEasySetup 8 You can configure the wireless network settings using SecureEasySetupTM. See Using SecureEasySetupTM to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 68
Control panel setup ■ PASSWORD If you have selected LEAP for an authentication mode, you will need to enter a password that is 32 characters or less in length. ■ APPLY In order to make your wireless settings effective, you must select the APPLY option from the WIRELESS 8 sub menu and then select YES - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 69
Press Set, and then press Set again to print the Printer Settings Page. Restoring the network settings to factory default If you wish to reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information), please follow these steps - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 70
panel setup Disabling the APIPA protocol If the APIPA protocol is enabled, the print server will automatically allocate a Link-Local IP address in the range (169.254.1.0 - 169.254.254.255) when the print server cannot obtain an IP address through the IP METHOD you have set. 8 By default, the - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 71
reset the Brother print server to factory default You can reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information). See Restoring the network settings to factory default on page 8-11. My computer cannot find the printer - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 72
Then, click OK. 5 Once your firewall is disabled, try reinstalling the Brother software package. For instructions on how to install from the CD-ROM, use the Quick Setup Guide we have provided with the printer. 6 If the installation completed successfully, the Firewall on your computer was rejecting - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 73
Troubleshooting Network print software installation problems The Brother print server is not found during setup of the network print software or from the installation of the Brother printer driver in Windows®. 9 The Brother print server is not found using the Simple Network Configuration - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 74
Troubleshooting 4 Verify that the print server is on your network as follows: For Windows® Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the command: 9 ping ipaddress Where ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 75
Troubleshooting (6) Make sure that your print server appears. If it is visible, then the connection is good. Otherwise, go to Step 5. 5 If you have tried Step 1 to Step 4 above and it does not work, then reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try from the initial setup - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 76
work, then reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try from the initial setup again. For information how to reset to the default factory settings, see Restoring the network settings to factory default on page 8-11. Error during printing If you try to print while other users - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 77
-specific troubleshooting Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) troubleshooting 9 If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network (LPR method), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 78
Windows® 2000/XP to use Port 80 to communicate with the Brother print server. Web browser troubleshooting (TCP/IP) 1 If you can not connect to the print server print server. This will stop your PC from trying to connect to your ISP or proxy server every time you wish to look at the printer server. - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 79
troubleshooting Wireless setup problems 9 The Brother print server is not found during setup using the automatic installer application on the CD-ROM. 1 Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print. 2 Move your Brother printer closer to the computer and try again. 3 Reset - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 80
in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) The following instructions will install your Brother printer in a wireless network environment in ad-hoc mode using the Brother automatic installer application in the CD-ROM we have provided with the printer. If you want 10 to setup your printer in infrastructure mode - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 81
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 4 Click Install Printer Driver on the menu screen. 5 Click Wireless Network users. 6 Choose Wireless Setup and Driver Install, and then click Next. 7 Choose Automatic (Recommended) and then click Next. 10 10 - 2 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 82
panel. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. See Using the control panel NETWORK menu to configure your wireless network printer (in infrastructure mode) on page 3-6. When finished, go to Installing the printer driver on page 10-9. You need to temporarily change - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 83
wireless printer, change the wireless settings on this PC to the printer's default settings which are shown on the screen. Check Checked and confirmed, and then click Next. Note ■ See the user's guide of your Network Interface or your PC for how to change the wireless settings. ■ For Windows - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 84
installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 3 Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks. 10 4 You can see the Brother wireless device (your printer) in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect. 5 Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 85
-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 11 If more than one wireless printer is available on the network, the following list appears. If the list is blank, check if the printer is powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the printer you wish to configure, and click Next. 10 Note ■ The Default Node name - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 86
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 13 If your network is not configured for for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. When configuring your Brother wireless printer, you must ensure that it is configured to match the Authentication and Encryption settings - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 87
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 16 Click Next. The settings will be sent to your printer. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel. 10 Note If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your printer, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 88
in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) Installing the printer driver Improper Setup • DO NOT try to cancel any of the screens during this installation. • If your wireless settings fail, and error message will appear during the installation of printer 10 driver and the installation will be - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 89
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 20 For LPR Users: Choose Search the network for devices and choose from a list of discovered devices (Recommended). Or enter your printer's IP address or its node name. Click Next. 10 For NetBIOS Users: Choose Search the network for - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 90
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 22 Click Finish. 10 Note ■ If you want to register your product on-line, check On-Line Registration. ■ Turn your Personal Firewall back on. For Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP users, the setup is now complete. For Windows® 95/98/Me users, - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 91
(HL-5280DW only) For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Note If you are going to connect the printer to your network, we recommend that you contact your system 10 administrator prior to installation. Improper Setup If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the printer, you must reset - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 92
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 5 Click Install Printer Driver on the menu screen. 6 Choose Wireless Network users. 7 Choose Wireless Setup and Driver Install, and then click Next. 8 Choose Automatic (Recommended) and then click Next. 10 10 - 13 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 93
control panel. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. See Using the control panel NETWORK menu to configure your wireless network printer (in infrastructure mode) on page 3-6. When finished, go to Installing the printer driver on page 10-20. You need to temporarily - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 94
(HL-5280DW only) Item Record the current wireless default settings which are shown on the screen. Check Checked and confirmed, and then click Next. Note ■ See the user's guide of your Network Interface of your Macintosh® for how to change the wireless settings. ■ You can change the wireless - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 95
in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 1 Click the AirPort status icon and select Open Internet Connect... 10 2 Click the Network tab to see the available wireless devices. You can see the Brother wireless print server in the Network option. Select SETUP. 3 Your wireless network is connected successfully - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 96
-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 4 If more than one wireless machine is available on the network, the following list appears. If the list is blank, check if the machine is powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next. 10 Note The Default Node name of - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 97
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 6 If your network is not configured for configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. When configuring your Brother wireless machine, you must ensure that it is configured to match the Authentication and - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 98
, and then click Next. (The settings shown on this screen are for example only. Your settings will not be the same.) You have completed the wireless setup. If you chose to install the drivers in step 7, go to Installing the printer driver on page 10-20. 10 - 19 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 99
installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) Installing the printer driver Improper Setup • DO NOT try to cancel any of the screens during this installation. • If your wireless settings fail, and error message will appear during the installation of printer 10 driver and the installation will be - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 100
Mac OS® X 10.2 users, open the Print Center icon. 15 Click Add. 10 Mac OS® X 10.2.4 to 10.3 users; go to step 16. Mac OS® X 10.4 users; go to step 18. 16 Make the selection shown (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 to 10.3 users). 17 Choose Brother HL-5280DW series, and then click Add. Go to - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 101
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only) 18 Choose Brother HL-5280DW series, and then click Add. 10 Note If there is more than one of the same model printer (HL-5280DW) connected on your network, the Ethernet address (MAC address) will be displayed after the model name. 19 Mac OS® X 10 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 102
can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother print server. The A Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 103
this file and its path in the configuration file. As with rarp, the print server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on. Using RARP to configure the IP address The Brother print server's IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 104
printer control panel. For more information, see Disabling the APIPA protocol on page 8-12. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server of the print server and ipaddress is the IP address of the print server. For example: Windows® systems Windows® systems - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 105
a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the ARP command again to change the address. The print server will ignore any attempts to do this. If you wish to change the IP address again, use a web browser, TELNET (using the SET IP ADDRESS command) or factory reset the print server - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 106
server software can be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports Java. Please note this software is not included on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your Brother product. Please visit http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin to learn more about this software and to download - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 107
B Print server specifications Ethernet wired network B Network node type Operating system support Protocol support Network type Network printing Computer requirements (for drivers, BRAdmin Professional, Peer-to-Peer software, etc.) Macintosh connection NC-6400h Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 108
X 10.2.4 or greater Web BRAdmin 3 Windows® 2000 Professional / Server / Advanced Server, Windows® XP Professional B 1. If you want to use the IPv6 protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information. 2. Download the printer driver for Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition from http - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 109
support Protocol support Network type Frequency RF channels Communication mode Data rates Link distance Network security Network printing Computer requirements (for drivers, BRAdmin Professional, Peer-to-Peer software, etc.) Macintosh® connection NC-7200w Windows® 98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 110
BRAdmin Professional Windows® 98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP BRAdmin Light Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Web BRAdmin 1 Windows® 2000 Professional / Server / Advanced Server, Windows® XP Professional B 1. Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 111
Neighborhood 5-1 Network Printing 4-1, 5-1 Network Shared Printing 1-5 O Open system 3-2 P Password 4-1, 5-1, 6-1 PCL_P1 A-1 Peer-to-Peer 1-4, 9-7 Ping 9-4, 9-5 Port9100 1-9 Print Server Setting 2-5, 3-12 Printer Settings Page 8-11 Protocol 1-8 Q Quick Setup Guide 3-1 I - 1 - Brother International HL 5280DW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 112
2-6, 3-13, 5-3, 7-3 Web Server 1-9 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy 3-3 Windows 2000 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 9-8 Windows 2000/XP Printing 4-1 Windows 95/98/Me 5-1, 9-7 Windows 95/98/Me Printing 4-5 Windows NT 4.0 Printing 4-3 Windows XP 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 9-8 wireless 3-1 Wireless network 3-1 Workgroup
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