Using RARP to Configure the IP Address

The Brother Print/Fax server’s IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on your host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with an entry similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the Print/Fax server and the second entry is the name of the Print/Fax server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).

If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the system the command can be rarpd, rarpd -a, in.rarpd -aor something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for additional information). To verify that the rarp daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX-based system, type the following command:

ps -ax grep -v grep grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type:

ps -ef grep -v grep grep rarpd

The Brother Print/Fax server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on.

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