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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

Overview................................................................................................... .................................................1
Network features....................................................................................................................................... .2
Network printing................................................................................................................................... 2
Network scanning..................................................... ...........................................................................2
Network PC Fax (for MFC-7440N).............. ........................................................................................2
Management utilities............................................................................................................................ 2
Internet fax/scan to E-mail server (download only) .............................................................................3
Types of network connections........................ ...........................................................................................4
Network connection example ..............................................................................................................4
Protocols...................................................................................................... ..............................................6
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities....................................................................................................6
Other protocol........................................................................................... ...........................................8

2 Configuring your machine for a network 9

Overview................................................................................................... .................................................9
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ..............................................................................................9
IP address.. .........................................................................................................................................9
Subnet mask...................................................................................................................................... 10
Gateway (and router)......................................................................................................................... 11
Step by step chart........................................................................................................ ............................11
Setting the IP address and subnet mask........................................................................ .........................12
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer ..............................12
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network......................................................14
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network................... ......................................14
Changing the print server settings............................................................ ...............................................15
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings.................................................. 15
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change print server settings (for Windows®)...................16
Using the control panel to change the print server settings...............................................................16
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings ................17
Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings
(not available for Windows Server® 2003) (for MFC-7440N).................................. ......................17
Using other methods to change print server settings............... .........................................................17

3 Control panel setup 18

LAN menu.................................................................................................... ............................................18
TCP/IP............................................................ ...................................................................................18
Ethernet................................................................. ............................................................................26
Scan to FTP (for MFC-7440N). .........................................................................................................26
Restoring the network settings to factory default.....................................................................................27
Printing the Network Configuration List.......... .........................................................................................28

4 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only) 29

Overview................................................................................................... ...............................................29
Connection methods.................................................................................................... ............................29
Peer-to-peer ......................................................................................................................................29