Brother MFC 8480DN User Manual
Network user’s guide
NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and
Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Multi-function Print Server
Please read this manual thoroughly before using this machine on
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Step by step chart
- Setting the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change print server settings (Windows®)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings
- Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008) (Not available for DCP-8085DN and DCP-8080DN)
- Using other methods to change print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)
- Overview
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Configuration using the SES/WPS or AOSS™ control panel menu (Automatic Wireless mode) (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using the SES/WPS or AOSS™ control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network (Automatic Wireless mode)
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (For MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)
- 5 Wireless configuration for Macintosh using the Brother installer application (For MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)
- 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
- Ethernet (wired network only)
- Setup Wizard (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wireless network only)
- SES/WPS or AOSS™ (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wireless network only)
- WPS w/PIN Code (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wireless network only)
- WLAN Status (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wireless network only)
- Set to Default (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW only)
- Wired Enable (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wired network only)
- WLAN Enable (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW wireless network only)
- E-mail / IFAX (MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only)
- How to set a new default for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) (MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only)
- How to set a new default for Scan to FTP
- How to set a new default for Scan to Network
- Fax to Server (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)
- Time Zone
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Network menu
- 7 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 8 Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 9 Internet printing for Windows®
- 10 Network printing from Macintosh using the BR-Script 3 driver
- 11 Web Based Management
- Overview
- How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser)
- Password information
- Secure Function Lock 2.0
- Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a web browser
- Changing the Scan to Network configuration using a web browser
- Changing the LDAP configuration using a web browser (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)
- 12 LDAP operation (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)
- 13 Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)
- Internet fax Overview
- Getting connected
- Control panel key functions
- Sending an Internet fax
- Manually entering text
- Receiving E-mail or Internet fax
- Receiving an Internet fax to your computer
- Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages
- Relay broadcasting
- TX Verification Mail
- Setup Mail TX
- Setup Mail RX
- Error mail
- Important information on Internet fax
- Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) overview
- Internet fax Overview
- 14 Security features
- Overview
- Configuring the protocol settings
- Managing your network printer securely
- Printing documents securely using IPPS
- Using E-mail notification with user authentication (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)
- Creating and installing a certificate
- 15 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Using services
- Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators)
- Using DHCP to configure the IP address
- Using BOOTP to configure the IP address
- Using RARP to configure the IP address
- Using APIPA to configure the IP address
- Using ARP to configure the IP address
- Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address
- Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS to configure the IP address
- Installation when using web services (Windows Vista®)
- Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index