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Adding a second NetBIOS print port, Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP - driver windows 7

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Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing My computer (Windows NT® 4.0) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then click Next. 5 Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 8 of the "Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" section and click Next. 5 6 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 7 If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option 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 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and click Next. 10 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer. Adding a second NetBIOS print port 1 You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, click the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then Properties. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Click the Details tab and click the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click OK and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name 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. 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 you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name 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. 5 - 6

Section	Page
Introduction	10
Overview	10
Network function features	12
Network printing	12
Management utility	12
BRAdmin Professional (for Windows®)	12
BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)	12
Types of network connection	13
Wired network connection example	13
Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP	13
Network Shared printing	14
Wireless network connection example (HL-5280DW only)	15
Connected to wireless capable computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode)	15
Connected to wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode)	15
An access point is in the network, but the computer is not wireless capable	16
Protocols	17
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities	17
DHCP/BOOTP/RARP	17
APIPA	17
DNS client	17
NetBIOS/IP	17
LPR/LPD	17
Port9100	18
SMTP client	18
IPP	18
mDNS	18
TELNET	18
SNMP	18
Web server (HTTP)	18
Configuring your network printer with an Ethernet cable connection	19
Overview	19
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways	19
IP address	19
How the IP address is assigned to your print server:	20
Subnet mask	20
Gateway (and router)	21
Setting the IP address and subnet mask	21
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to configure your network printer (for Windows® only)	21
BRAdmin Professional utility	21
Using the control panel to configure your printer for a network	22
Using other methods to configure your printer for a network	22
Changing the print server settings	23
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows® only)	23
Using the control panel to change the print server settings	23
Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings	24
Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only)	25
Overview	25
Wireless network terms and concepts	25
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels	25
SSID	25
Channels	26
Authentication and encryption	26
Authentication methods	26
Encryption methods	27
Network key	27
Configuring your printer for a wireless network	28
Using the Brother automatic installer application in the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network printer	28
Using SecureEasySetupTM to configure your printer in a wireless network	28
Using the control panel NETWORK menu to configure your wireless network printer (in infrastructure mode)	30
Changing the print server settings	36
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for Windows® only)	36
Using the control panel NETWORK menu to change the print server settings	37
Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings	37
Using other methods to configure your printer for a wireless network	37
Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing	38
Overview	38
For Windows® 2000/XP users	38
Configuring the standard TCP/IP port	38
Printer driver not yet installed	38
Printer driver already installed	39
For Windows NT® 4.0 users	40
Installing the TCP/IP protocol	40
Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software	40
Associating to the printer	41
Adding a second Brother LPR port	42
For Windows® 95/98/Me users	42
Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software	42
Associating to the printer	43
Adding a second Brother LPR port	44
Other sources of information	44
Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing	45
Overview	45
Print server configuration for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0	45
Print server configuration	45
Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using the BRAdmin Professional utility	46
Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using a web browser	47
Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using TELNET	47
Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor	48
Associating to the printer	49
Windows® 95/98/Me	49
Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP	49
Adding a second NetBIOS print port	50
Windows® 95/98/Me	50
Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP	50
Other sources of information	51
Internet printing for Windows®	52
Overview	52
Windows® 2000/XP IPP printing	52
Specifying a different URL	54
Other sources of information	54
Network printing from Macintosh®	55
Overview	55
Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X	55
How to select the printer driver (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)	55
Changing the print server settings	57
Using a web browser to change the print server settings	57
Using the BRAdmin Light utility (for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)	57
Using the control panel to change the print server settings	58
Other sources of information	58
Control panel setup	59
Overview	59
Changing the print server settings using the control panel NETWORK menu	59
Control panel NETWORK menu table and default factory settings	60
(HL-5270DN)	60
(HL-5280DW)	61
WIRED menu options	63
WIRED ENABLE	63
TCP/IP	63
NETBIOS/IP	66
You can enable and disable the NetBIOS facility to obtain the IP address.	66
ENET	66
SET DEFAULT	66
WLAN menu options (HL-5280DW only)	66
WLAN ENABLE	66
TCP/IP	66
WIRELESS	67
NETBIOS/IP	68
SET DEFAULT	68
Printing the Printer Settings Page	69
How to print the Printer Settings Page	69
Restoring the network settings to factory default	69
Disabling the APIPA protocol	70
Troubleshooting	71
Overview	71
General problems	71
Re-select your printer in the DeviceSelector application located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.	72
Network print software installation problems	73
Printing problems	75
Protocol-specific troubleshooting	77
Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) troubleshooting	77
Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) troubleshooting	77
Windows® 2000/XP IPP troubleshooting	78
Web browser troubleshooting (TCP/IP)	78
Wireless network troubleshooting	79
Wireless setup problems	79
Wireless connection problem	79
Wireless installation in ad-hoc mode (HL-5280DW only)	80
For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP	80
For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater	91
Appendix A	102
Using services	102
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators)	102
Using DHCP to configure the IP address	102
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address	103
Using RARP to configure the IP address	103
Using APIPA to configure the IP address	104
Using ARP to configure the IP address	104
Windows® systems	104
UNIX®/Linux systems	105
Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address	105
Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS* to configure the IP address	106
Appendix B	107
Print server specifications	107
Ethernet wired network	107
Ethernet wireless network	109

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Network printing from Windows

: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing

5 - 6

My computer

(Windows NT

4.0) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer,

and then click

Select the

Brother NetBIOS Port

(the port name you assigned in step 8 of the “Installing the Brother

NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and click

Select the correct driver. Click

when you are done.

If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you have the option of either keeping the

existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click

Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click

. For example, you could call the printer

"Networked Brother Printer".

Select

Not Shared

Shared

and

Share Name

and click

Windows

will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select

Yes

and then select

Finish

You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed

through your computer.

Adding a second NetBIOS print port

You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, click the

Start

button, select

Settings

, and open the

Printers

window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to

configure, select

File

from the menu bar, and then

Properties

Windows

95/98/Me

Click the

Details

tab and click the

Add Port

button. In the

Add Port

dialog, select the

Other

radio button

and then highlight

Brother NetBIOS port

. Click

and enter the port name. The default port name is

BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in

which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the

button. You will then

see the

Port Properties Dialog

. Enter the print server and port name of the printer that you wish to print

to and click

. You should now see the port that you have just created in the

Print to the following

port

setting of the printer driver.

Windows NT

4.0 / Windows

2000/XP

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 you have already used

this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once

you have specified the port name, click the

button. You will then see the

Port Properties Dialog

Enter the print server and port name of the printer that you wish to print to and click

. You should now

see the port that you have just created in the

Print to the following port

setting of the printer driver.