Introduction

TELNET

The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration.

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SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, routers and Brother network ready machines.

Web Services

The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista® users to install the Brother printer driver by right-clicking

the machine icon from the Network folder. (See Installation when using Web Services (For Windows Vista® users) on page 170.) The Web Services also let you check the current status of the machine from your computer.

FTP client (For MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows the Brother machine to scan black and white or color documents directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the internet.

LDAP (For MFC-6890CDW)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) allows the Brother machine to search for information such as fax numbers and E-mail addresses from an LDAP server.

Note

The LDAP protocol is not supported for China.

IPv6 (For MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW, DCP-6690CW and MFC-6890CDW)

Your brother machine is compatible with IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. For more information on the IPv6 protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com.

Other Protocol

LLTD

The Link Layer Topology Discovery protocol (LLTD) lets you locate the Brother machine easily on the

Windows Vista® Network Map. Your Brother machine will be shown with a distinctive icon and the node name. The default setting for this protocol is Off.

You can activate LLTD using the BRAdmin Professional utility software. Visit the download page for your model at http://solutions.brother.com to download BRAdmin Professional.

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