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Subnet mask

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Configuring your network printer Subnet mask Subnet masks restrict network communication. Example: PC1 can talk to PC2 2 PC1 IP Address:192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with 192.168.1.X For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP address on page A-1, Using BOOTP to configure the IP address on page A-2 and Using RARP to configure the IP address on page A-2. If you do not have 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. 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 information on how to change the IP address, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask on page 2-3. 2 - 2

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Configuring your network printer
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Subnet mask
Subnet masks restrict network communication.
Example: PC1 can talk to PC2
PC1 IP Address:192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.0
PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.0
In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with
192.168.1.X
For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see
Using DHCP to configure the IP address
on page
A-1,
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address
on page A-2 and
Using RARP to configure the IP address
on
page A-2.
If you do not have 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. 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
information on how to change the IP address, see
Setting the IP address and subnet mask
on page 2-3.