Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)

Setting up 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 - 10.5.x.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility

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

•If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest Brother 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, re-enable them.

•Node Name: Node Name appears in current BRAdmin Light window. The default Node Name of the print server in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx”. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address.)

•By default, no password is required. To set a password for, double-click the device you want to set a password. Click Control tab, and then click Change Password. Enter the new password.

a Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

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

1 Programs for Windows® 2000 users

„Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5.x

Double-clickMacintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities / BRAdmin Light.jar file.

b BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.

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