Setting the ip address and subnet mask, Bradmin light – Brother MFC 7840W User Manual

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Configuring your machine for a network

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Setting the IP address and subnet mask

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Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer

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BRAdmin Light

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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

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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, Windows

Server

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2003 and Mac OS

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X 10.2.4 or greater.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility

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Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Light utility version that was supplied on the CD-ROM with 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 version of BRAdmin Professional utility

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

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users.

• If you are using personal Firewall software, disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your

personal Firewall software.

• Node name: The node name appears in current BRAdmin Light. The default node name of the network

card in the printer is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless
network.

• The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.

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Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

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For Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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and Windows Server

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2003 users

Click Start / All Programs

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/ Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

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Programs for Windows

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2000 users

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For Mac OS

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X 10.2.4 or greater users

Double-click Mac OS X or Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities /
BRAdmin Light.jar file.

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BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.

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