Brother MFC 7840W User Manual
Network user’s guide, Mfc-7840w
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NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and
Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Multi-function Print Server
MFC-7840W
Please read this manual thoroughly before using this machine on
your network. You can view this manual in HTML format from the
CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient
place for quick and easy reference at all times. You can also
download the manual in PDF format from the Brother Solutions
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Version A
ENG
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE MFC-7840W
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Step by step chart
- Setting the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change print server settings (for Windows®)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings
- Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings (not available for Windows Server® 2003)
- Using other methods to change print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Overview
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu (Automatic Wireless mode) (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network (Automatic Wireless mode)
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™
- Using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application
- 5 Wireless configuration for Macintosh® using the Brother installer application
- 6 Control panel setup
- LAN menu
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- 7 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 8 Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 9 Internet printing for Windows®
- 10 Network printing from Macintosh®
- 11 Web Based Management
- 12 Security features
- 13 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 web services (For Windows Vista® users)
- Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)
- Appendix B
- Index