User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Network USER’S GUIDE
- Table of contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your network printer
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Setting the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- 3 Control Panel Setup
- LAN Main Setup Menu
- TCP/IP
- Ethernet
- Setup Internet (MFC-8860DN only)
- Setup Mail RX (MFC-8860DN only)
- Setup Mail TX (MFC-8860DN only)
- Setup Relay (MFC-8860DN only)
- Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) (MFC-8860DN only)
- Scan to FTP
- Fax to Server (MFC-8860DN only)
- Time Zone (MFC-8860DN only)
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- LAN Main Setup Menu
- 4 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 5 Internet printing for Windows®
- Overview
- Quick Tips
- Brother Internet Print General Information
- Brother Internet Print: Configuring the Brother Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to Configure the Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure the Print Server
- Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP software on Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0
- Adding a Second Brother Internet Port
- Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Vista® IPP printing
- Specifying a different URL
- Other sources of information
- Overview
- 6 Network printing from a Macintosh®
- 7 Web Based Management
- 8 LDAP Operation (MFC-8860DN only)
- 9 Internet Fax (MFC-8860DN only)
- Overview
- Getting Connected
- Control Panel Key Functions
- Sending an Internet Fax
- Manually Entering Text
- Receiving E-mail or Internet Fax
- Receiving an Internet Fax to your computer
- Forwarding Received E-mail and Fax Messages
- Using E-mail notification with user authentication
- Relay Broadcasting
- TX Verification Mail
- Setup Mail (TX)
- Setup Mail (RX)
- Error mail
- Important information on Internet Fax
- Overview
- 10 Brother Internet Fax Printing Software (MFC-8860DN only)
- 11 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Using services
- Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and Administrators)
- Using DHCP to configure the IP address
- Using BOOTP to configure the IP address
- Using RARP to configure the IP address
- Using APIPA to configure the IP address
- Using ARP to configure the IP address
- Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address
- Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS* to configure the IP address
- Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only)
- Multi-function Print Server specifications
- Function Table and Default Factory Settings
- Entering Text
- Index
Appendix A
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A
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address
BOOTP is an alternative to RARP that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and
gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running
on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man
bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is usually started up via the
/etc/inetd.conf file, so you may need to enable it by removing the “#” in front of the bootp entry in that
file. For example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file would be:
#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i
Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead of “bootp”.
Note
In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the “#” (if there is no “#”, then BOOTP is already
enabled). Then edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and enter the name, network type
(1 for Ethernet), Ethernet address and the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the print server.
Unfortunately, the exact format for doing this is not standardized, so you will need to refer to your system
documentation to determine how to enter this information (many UNIX
®
systems also have template
examples in the bootptab file that you can use for reference). Some examples of typical /etc/bootptab entries
include:
BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.168.1.2
and:
BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\
ip=192.168.1.2:
Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included
a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host and specify
the name of this file and its path in the configuration file.
As with RARP, the print server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on.
Using RARP to configure the IP address
The Brother print 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 server and the second entry is the name of the print
server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).