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Control panel setup, LAN menu, TCP/IP, BOOT Method

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3 Control panel setup 3 LAN menu 3 Before using your Brother product in a network environment, you need to configure the correct TCP/IP settings. In this chapter, you will learn how to configure the network settings using the control panel, located on the 3 front of the machine. The LAN menu selections of the control panel allow you to set up the Brother machine for your network configuration. Press Menu, then press a or b to choose LAN. Proceed to the menu selection you wish to configure. See Function table and default factory settings on page 76. Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light utility and Remote Setup applications for Windows® and Macintosh®, which also can be used to configure many aspects of the network. See Changing the print server settings on page 15. TCP/IP 3 This menu has ten sections: BOOT Method, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Node Name, WINS Config, WINS Server, DNS Server, APIPA and IPv6. BOOT Method 3 This selection controls how the machine obtains an IP address. The default setting is Auto. Note If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the BOOT Method to Static so that the print server has a static IP address. This will prevent the print server from trying to obtain an IP address from any of these systems. To change the BOOT Method, use the machine's control panel, BRAdmin Light utility, Remote Setup or Web Based Management (web browser). a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose LAN. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose TCP/IP. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose BOOT Method. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Auto 1, Static 2, RARP 3, BOOTP 4 or DHCP 5. Press OK. „ If you chose Auto, RARP, BOOTP or DHCP, go to f. „ If you chose Static, go to g. 18

Section	Page
NETWORK USER’S GUIDE MFC-7440N MFC-7345N DCP-7045N	1
Table of Contents	6
1 Introduction	9
Overview	9
Network features	10
Network printing	10
Network scanning	10
Network PC Fax (for MFC-7440N)	10
Management utilities	10
Internet fax/scan to E-mail server (download only) (for MFC-7440N)	11
Types of network connections	12
Network connection example	12
Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP	12
Network Shared printing	13
Protocols	14
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities	14
DHCP/BOOTP/RARP	14
APIPA	14
DNS client	14
LPR/LPD	14
SMTP client	14
Port9100	14
IPP	15
mDNS	15
TELNET	15
SNMP	15
LLMNR	15
Web services	15
Web server (HTTP)	15
FTP	15
IPv6	16
Other protocol	16
LLTD	16
2 Configuring your machine for a network	17
Overview	17
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways	17
IP address	17
How the IP address is assigned to your print server:	18
Subnet mask	18
Gateway (and router)	19
Step by step chart	19
Setting the IP address and subnet mask	20
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer	20
BRAdmin Light	20
How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility	20
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network	22
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network	22
Changing the print server settings	23
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings	23
Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change print server settings (for Windows®)	24
Using the control panel to change the print server settings	24
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings	25
Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings (not available for Windows Server® 2003) (for MFC-7440N)	25
Remote Setup for Windows®	25
Remote Setup for Macintosh®	25
Using other methods to change print server settings	25
3 Control panel setup	26
LAN menu	26
TCP/IP	26
BOOT Method	26
IP Address	27
Subnet Mask	28
Gateway	29
Node Name	29
WINS Config	30
WINS Server	31
DNS Server	32
APIPA	33
IPv6	33
Ethernet	34
Scan to FTP (for MFC-7440N)	34
Restoring the network settings to factory default	35
Printing the Network Configuration List	36
4Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)	37
Overview	37
Connection methods	37
Peer-to-peer	37
Network Shared	38
How to install the Driver Deployment Wizard software	39
Using the Driver Deployment Wizard software	40
5 Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing	43
Overview	43
Configuring the standard TCP/IP port	44
Printer driver not yet installed	44
Printer driver already installed	44
Other sources of information	45
6 Internet printing for Windows®	46
Overview	46
IPP printing for Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003	47
For Windows Vista®	47
For Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Server® 2003	49
Specifying a different URL	51
Other sources of information	51
7 Network printing from Macintosh®	52
Overview	52
Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities	52
How to choose the printer driver (TCP/IP)	52
For Mac OS® X 10.5	52
For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 to 10.4.x	53
How to choose the BR-Script 3 printer driver (TCP/IP) (for DCP-7045N)	56
For Mac OS® X 10.5	56
For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 to 10.4.x	57
Other sources of information	60
8 Web Based Management	61
Overview	61
How to configure the print server settings using Web Based Management (web browser)	62
Password information	63
Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a web browser (for MFC-7440N)	63
9 Security features	64
Overview	64
Security methods for E-mail notification	64
POP before SMTP (PbS)	64
SMTP-AUTH (SMTP Authentication)	64
APOP (Authenticated Post Office Protocol)	64
Using E-mail notification with user authentication	65
Managing your network printer securely using BRAdmin Professional 3 (for Windows®)	67
10 Troubleshooting	68
Overview	68
General problems	68
Network print software installation problems	69
Printing problems	71
Scanning and PC Fax problems	72
Protocol-specific troubleshooting	74
Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003 IPP troubleshooting	74
Web Based Management (web browser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP)	74
Appendix A	75
Using services	75
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators)	75
Using DHCP to configure the IP address	75
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address	76
Using RARP to configure the IP address	77
Using APIPA to configure the IP address	77
Using ARP to configure the IP address	77
Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address	78
Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS to configure the IP address	79
Installation when using web services (For Windows Vista® users)	80
Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)	81
Appendix B	82
Print server specifications	82
Ethernet wired network	82
Function table and default factory settings	84
Entering Text (for MFC-7440N)	86