Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual
Network user’s guide network user’s guide, Network user’s guide, Mfc-8870dw
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Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server
and Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Multi-function Print Server
NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
MFC-8870DW
Please read this manual thoroughly before using
this machine on your network. You can print or view
this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please
keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick
and easy reference at all times.
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NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Network USER’S GUIDE
- Table of contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your network printer
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Setting the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Overview
- Confirm your network environment
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the wireless settings (for Windows® only)
- Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network
- Using other methods to configure your machine for a network
- Using a HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (for Windows® and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows®
- 5 Wireless configuration for Macintosh®
- 6 Control Panel Setup
- LAN Main Setup Menu
- Wired TCP/IP / WLAN TCP/IP
- Ethernet (Wired network only)
- Setup WLAN (Wireless network only)
- Set to default
- WLAN Status (Wireless network only)
- Wired Enable (Wired network only)
- Wireless Enable (Wireless network only)
- Setup I-Fax
- Setup Mail RX
- Setup Mail TX
- Setup Relay
- Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)
- Scan to FTP
- Fax to Server
- Time Zone
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- LAN Main Setup Menu
- 7 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 8 Internet printing for Windows®
- Overview
- Quick Tips
- Brother Internet Print General Information
- Brother Internet Print: Configuring the Brother Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to Configure the Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure the Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP software on Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0
- Adding a Second Brother Internet Port
- Windows® 2000/XP IPP printing
- Specifying a different URL
- Other sources of information
- Overview
- 9 Network printing from a Macintosh®
- 10 Web Based Management
- 11 LDAP Operation
- 12 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 a PC
- 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
- Overview
- 13 Brother Internet Fax Printing Software
- 14 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 a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)
- Appendix B
- Index