Brother MFC-5460CN User Manual

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Control panel setup

DHCP mode

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address
allocation. If you have a DHCP server in your network (typically a UNIX

, Windows

2000/XP network) the

print server will automatically obtain its IP address from a DHCP server and register its name with any RFC
1001 and 1002 compliant dynamic name services.

Note

• If you do not want your print server configured via DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the BOOT

METHOD to static, 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 or the BRAdmin
Professional utility.

• On smaller networks, the DHCP server may be the Router.

Static mode

In this mode the machine’s IP address must be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked to
the assigned address.

RARP mode

The Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) service on your host
computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with an entry
similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107
Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print server and the second entry is the name of the print
server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).
If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the system the command can be rarpd, rarpd
-a, in.rarpd -a or something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for additional
information). To verify that the rarp daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX

based system, type the following

command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX

based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when it is powered on.

BOOTP mode

BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and
gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running
on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man
bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is usually started up via the
/etc/inetd.conf file, so you may need to enable it by removing the “#” in front of the bootp entry in that file. For
example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file would be:

#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i

This manual is related to the following products:

MFC-5860CN