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Using apipa to configure the ip address, Using arp to configure the ip address, Windows® systems – Brother DCP 8065DN User Manual

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Appendix A

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A

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 the printer is powered on.

Using APIPA to configure the IP address

The Brother print server supports the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. With APIPA, DHCP
clients automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a DHCP server is not available. The
device chooses it's own IP address in the range 169.254.1.0 through to 169.254.254.255. The subnet mask
is automatically set to 255.255.0.0 and the gateway address is set to 0.0.0.0.

By default, the APIPA protocol is enabled. If you want to disable the APIPA protocol, you can disable it using
control panel of the machine. For more information, see

APIPA on page 18.

If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However,
you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network.

Using ARP to configure the IP address

If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can
also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on Windows

®

systems that have TCP/IP

installed as well as UNIX

®

systems. To use arp enter the following command at the command prompt:

arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress

Where

ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address (MAC address) of the print server and ipaddress is the

IP address of the print server. For example:

Windows

®

systems

Windows

®

systems require the hash "-" character between each digit of the Ethernet address.

arp -s 192.168.1.2 00-80-77-31-01-07

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