Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection

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® and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.

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 utility that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows® users.

•If you are using Windows® Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following the instructions again.

•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 Ethernet address.).

•For MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW, DCP-6690CW and MFC-6890CDW, the default password is “access“.

For other models, no password is required by default. To set a password, 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.

„For Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Vista®

Click Start / All Programs 1 / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

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„For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

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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