Brother International MFC-J430w Network Glossary - English - Page 8

Types of network connections and protocols WINS 1 Windows® Internet Name Service is an information providing service for the NetBIOS name resolution by 1 consolidating an IP address and a NetBIOS name that is in the local network. LPR/LPD 1 Commonly used printing protocols on a TCP/IP network. Custom Raw Port (Default is Port 9100) 1 Another commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network. It enables interactive data transmission. mDNS 1 mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS X Simple Network Configured system. SNMP 1 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, routers and Brother network ready machines. The Brother print server supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. LLMNR 1 The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution protocol (LLMNR) resolves the names of neighboring computers, if the network does not have a Domain Name System (DNS) server. The LLMNR Responder function works in both the IPv4 or IPv6 environment when using a computer that has the LLMNR Sender function such as Windows Vista® and Windows® 7. Web Services 1 The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 users to install the drivers used for printing and scanning by right-clicking the machine icon from the Network folder. (See Installing drivers used for printing and scanning via Web Services (Windows Vista® and Windows® 7) uu page 11.) For details about scanning using Web Services, see the Software User's Guide. The Web Services also lets you check the current status of the machine from your computer. 4