Table of Contents

 

Section I Network Operation

 

1

Introduction

2

 

Network features........................................................................................................................................

2

 

Other Network features .......................................................................................................................

4

2

Changing your machine’s network settings

5

 

How to change your machine’s network settings

 

 

(IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway)...............................................................................................

5

 

Using the control panel........................................................................................................................

5

 

Using the Web Based Management (web browser) ............................................................................

5

 

Using the BRAdmin Light utility ...........................................................................................................

5

 

Other Management Utilities .......................................................................................................................

8

 

BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows®) ........................................................................................

8

3

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

9

 

Overview....................................................................................................................................................

9

 

Confirm your network environment..........................................................................................................

10

 

Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network

 

 

(Infrastructure mode).....................................................................................................................

10

 

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 ............................................................................

12

 

One push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup™) or AOSS™............................................

14

 

One-push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) or AOSS™ .........................................

14

 

Configuration using the PIN Method of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)..............................................

16

 

Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard ..............................................................

20

 

Manual configuration from the control panel .....................................................................................

20

 

Configuring your machine when the SSID is not broadcast ..............................................................

23

 

Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode .................................................................................................................

27

 

Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................

27

4

Control panel setup

31

 

Network settings ......................................................................................................................................

31

 

TCP/IP...............................................................................................................................................

31

 

Setup Wizard (wireless network only) ...............................................................................................

33

 

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)/AOSS™ (wireless network only)........................................................

33

 

WPS w/PIN Code (wireless network only).........................................................................................

34

 

WLAN Status (wireless network only) ...............................................................................................

34

 

Ethernet (wired network only)............................................................................................................

34

 

MAC Address ....................................................................................................................................

34

 

E-mail / IFAX (For MFC models) (Available when IFAX is downloaded)...........................................

34

 

Network I/F ........................................................................................................................................

37

 

Restoring the network settings to factory default.....................................................................................

38

 

 

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