Configuring your machine for a network

Setting the IP address and subnet mask

Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer

BRAdmin Light

The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of the Brother network connected devices. It also can search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings,

such as IP address. The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility

Note

•Please use the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Light utility from http://solutions.brother.com/.

•If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest version of BRAdmin Professional 3 utility that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/. This utility is only available for Windows® users.

•If you are using a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following the instructions.

•Node name: Node name appears in the current BRAdmin Light window. The default node name of the print server in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address.)

•The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.

a Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

„For Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003/2008 users Click Start / All Programs 1 / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

1 Programs for Windows® 2000 users

„For Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater users

Double-clickMac OS X or Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities / BRAdmin Light.jar file.

b BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.

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