Brother International HL 5280DW Network Users Manual - English - Page 37

Using the control panel NETWORK menu to change the print server settings

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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 You can configure and change the print server settings using the control panel NETWORK menu. See Control panel setup on page 8-1. Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (or higher), or Netscape® version 7.1 (or higher) can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). To use a web browser, you must have assigned an IP address to the print server. 1 Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the print server name) For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer's IP address is 192.168.1.2.) Note If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the 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 as BRW_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. 2 Click Network Configuration. 3 Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is admin and the default Password is access. 4 Click OK. 5 Click Configure TCP/IP. You can now change the printer server settings. Using other methods to configure your printer for a wireless network You can configure your wireless network printer using other methods. See Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) on page A-1. 3 - 13

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Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only)
3 - 13
3
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.
Using the control panel NETWORK menu to change the print server settings
You can configure and change the print server settings using the control panel
NETWORK
menu. See
Control
panel setup
on page 8-1.
Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings
A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (or higher), or Netscape
®
version 7.1 (or higher) can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol). To use a web browser, you must have assigned an IP address to the print server.
1
Type
http://printer_ip_address/
into your browser. (Where
printer_ip_address
is the IP
address or the print server name)
For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.)
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the
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 as
BRW_xxxxxx
where
xxxxxx
is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.
2
Click
Network Configuration
.
3
Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is
admin
and the default Password is
access
.
4
Click
OK
.
5
Click
Configure TCP/IP
.
You can now change the printer server settings.
Using other methods to configure your printer for a wireless network
You can configure your wireless network printer using other methods. See
Other ways to set the IP address
(for advanced users and administrators)
on page A-1.