Table of Contents

 

Section I Network Operation

 

1

Introduction

2

 

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

2

 

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

3

2

Changing your machine’s network settings

4

 

How to change your machine’s network settings

 

 

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

4

 

Using the control panel (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) .....................................................

4

 

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

4

 

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

7

 

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

7

 

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

7

 

BRPrint Auditor (Windows®)................................................................................................................

8

3

Configuring your machine for a wireless network

 

 

(For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T))

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)...............................................................................................................................

11

 

Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable (Recommended for Windows®) .........................

12

 

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

17

 

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

18

 

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

20

 

Configuring your machine for an enterprise wireless network...........................................................

23

 

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

27

 

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

29

 

Configuration in Ad-hoc mode (For IEEE 802.11b) .................................................................................

32

 

Using configured SSID ......................................................................................................................

32

 

Using a New SSID.............................................................................................................................

33

4

Control panel setup

35

 

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

35

 

Network menu (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T)) .......................................................................

36

 

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

36

 

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

38

 

Wired Status ......................................................................................................................................

38

 

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

38

 

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

38

 

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) w/PIN Code (wireless network only) ..................................................

38

 

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

38

 

 

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