Brother Wired and Wireless Multi-function Print Server Network User's Guide

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Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and Wireless Ethernet Multi-function Print Server

NETWORK USER'S GUIDE

This Network User's Guide provides useful information of wired and wireless network settings, security settings and Internet fax settings (MFC-J5910DW only) using your Brother machine. You can also find supported protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips.

To find basic information about network and advanced network features of your Brother machine, see the Network Glossary.

To download the latest manual, please visit the Brother Solutions Center at (http://solutions.brother.com/). You can also download the latest drivers and utilities for your machine, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions from the Brother Solutions Center.

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Applicable models

This User's Guide applies to the following models.

MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J432W/J435W/J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J525W/J725DW/J925DW

Definitions of notes

We use the following icons throughout this User's Guide:

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Compilation and publication notice

Under the supervision of Brother Industries, Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product's descriptions and specifications.

The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.

Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.

©2011 Brother Industries, Ltd.

IMPORTANT NOTE

■ This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that country.

■ Windows $ ^{\circledR} $ XP in this document represents Windows $ ^{\circledR} $ XP Professional, Windows $ ^{\circledR} $ XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows $ ^{\circledR} $ XP Home Edition.

Windows Server $ ^{\circledR} $ 2003 in this document represents Windows Server $ ^{\circledR} $ 2003, Windows Server $ ^{\circledR} $ 2003 x64 Edition, Windows Server $ ^{\circledR} $ 2003 R2 and Windows Server $ ^{\circledR} $ 2003 R2 x64 Edition.

Windows Server $ ^{®} $ 2008 in this document represents Windows Server $ ^{®} $ 2008 and Windows Server $ ^{®} $ 2008 R2.

☑ Not all models are available in all countries.

In this manual, the LCD messages of the MFC-J825DW are used if not specified.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
Network features .....1
Other Network features .....3
2 Changing your machine's network settings 4
How to change your machine's network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) .....4
Using the control panel .....4
Using the BRAdmin Light utility .....4
Other Management Utilities .....7
Web Based Management (web browser) (MFC-J5910DW only) .....7
BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®) .....7
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network 8
Overview .....8
Confirm your network environment .....9
Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode) .....9
Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network (Ad-hoc mode) .....10
Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable .....11
For Windows® users (Recommended) .....11
For Macintosh users .....12
Wireless configuration temporarily using an Ethernet cable (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW) .....14
One push configuration using Wi-Fi Protected Setup or AOSS™ .....17
One-push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) or AOSS™ .....17
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup .....19
Configuration using the machine's control panel Setup Wizard .....23
Manual configuration from the control panel .....23
Configuring your machine when the SSID is not broadcast .....26
Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode .....30
Configure the wireless settings .....30
4 Control panel setup 34
Network menu .....34
TCP/IP .....34
Setup Wizard .....36
WPS/AOSS™ .....36
WPS w/PIN Code .....37
WLAN Status .....37
Ethernet (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW) .....37
MAC Address .....37
E-mail / IFAX (Available when IFAX is downloaded) (MFC-J5910DW only) .....37
Time Zone (MFC-J5910DW only) .....40
Network I/F (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW) .....40
Restoring the network settings to factory default .....41
Printing the Network Configuration Report .....42

Printing the WLAN Report .....43
Function table and default factory settings .....44

5 Web Based Management (MFC-J5910DW only) .....53
Overview .....53
How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser) .....54
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