Brother MFC 8480DN - Manual (Page 21)

Introduction
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Web services
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The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista
®
users to install the Brother printer driver by right clicking
the machine icon from the Start / Network selection.
See Installation when using web services (Windows Vista
®
) on page 207.
The Web Services also lets you check the current status of the machine from your computer.
Web server (HTTP)
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The Brother print server is equipped with a built in web server that allows you to monitor its status or change
some of its configuration settings using a web browser.
Note
• We recommend Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
6.0 (or greater) or Firefox 1.0 (or greater) for Windows
®
and
Safari 1.3 (or greater) for Macintosh. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always
enabled in whichever browser you use. If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with
HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
• For the HTTPS protocol, see Security protocols on page 165.
FTP
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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.
SNTP
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The Simple Network Time Protocol is used to synchronize computer clocks on a TCP/IP network. You can
configure the SNTP settings using Web Based Management (web browser). (For the details, see Web Based
Management on page 141.)
CIFS
1
The Common Internet File System is the standard way that computer users share files and printers in
Windows
®
.
LDAP (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only)
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The 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.
IPv6
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This machine is compatible with IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. For more information on the IPv6
protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com/.