Brother MFC-425CN - Manual (Page 23)

FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 3
NC9100h_FM6.0
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.
Auto mode
In this mode, the machine will scan the network for a DHCP server,
if it can find one, and if the DHCP server is configured to allocate an
IP address to the machine, then the IP address supplied by the
DHCP server will used. If no DHCP server is available, then the
machine will scan for a BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is
available, and it is configured correctly, the machine will take its IP
address from the BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is not available,
the machine will scan for a RARP server. If a RARP server also does
not answer, the IP Address is scanned through APIPA facility. (See
Assigning TCP/IP Information (Basic) on page 2-1) After it is initially
powered ON, it may take a few minutes for the machine to scan the
network for a server.
RARP mode
Brother Print/Scan server IP address can be configured using the
Reverse ARP (RARP) facility 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/Scan server
and the second entry is the name of the Print/Scan 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/Scan server will get the IP address from the rarp
daemon when it is powered on.