Brother International MFC 795CW Network Users Manual - English - Page 104

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

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6 Control panel setup 6 Network menu 6 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 front of the machine. The Network menu selections of the control panel allow you to set up the Brother machine for your network configuration. Press Menu or MENU, then press a or b to choose Network. Proceed to the menu selection you wish to configure. (See Function table and default factory settings on page 147.) Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light software and Remote Setup applications for Windows® and Macintosh, which also can be used to configure many aspects of the network. (See 6 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW) on page 10 for a wired connection or Changing the print server settings on page 16 for a wireless connection.) TCP/IP 6 If you connect the machine with the Ethernet cable to your network, use the Wired LAN menu selections. If you connect the machine to a wireless Ethernet network, use the WLAN menu selections. (Available for DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and MFC-795CW) This menu has 9 sections: BOOT Method, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Node Name, WINS Config, WINS Server, DNS Server and APIPA. BOOT Method 6 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 or Remote Setup. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Network. Press OK. c For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW and MFC-495CW (For Wired) Press a or b to choose Wired LAN. (For Wireless) Press a or b to choose WLAN. Press OK. 95

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6
6
Network menu
6
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
front of the machine.
The Network menu selections of the control panel allow you to set up the Brother machine for your network
configuration. Press
Menu
or
MENU
, then press
a
or
b
to choose
Network
. Proceed to the menu selection
you wish to configure. (See
Function table and default factory settings
on page 147.)
Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin Light software and Remote Setup applications
for Windows
®
and Macintosh, which also can be used to configure many aspects of the network. (See
Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW,
MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
on page 10 for a wired connection or
Changing the print server settings
on page 16 for a wireless connection.)
TCP/IP
6
If you connect the machine with the Ethernet cable to your network, use the
Wired LAN
menu selections. If
you connect the machine to a wireless Ethernet network, use the
WLAN
menu selections. (Available for
DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW,
DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and
MFC-795CW)
This menu has 9 sections:
BOOT Method
,
IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
,
Gateway
,
Node Name
,
WINS Config
,
WINS Server
,
DNS Server
and
APIPA
.
BOOT Method
6
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 or Remote Setup.
a
Press
Menu
.
b
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Network
.
Press
OK
.
c
For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW and
MFC-495CW
(For Wired) Press
a
or
b
to choose
Wired LAN
.
(For Wireless) Press
a
or
b
to choose
WLAN
.
Press
OK
.
Control panel setup
6