Setting Up The Ip Address And Subnet Mask; Using The Bradmin Light Utility To Configure Your Machine As A Network Printer - Brother MFC-255CW Network Manual

Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and
MFC-257CW)

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
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Server 2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5.x.
How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility
Note
• 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 3 utility
that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows
users.
• If you are using a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once
you are sure that you can print, re-enable them.
• 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 MAC Address / Ethernet
Address.)
• By default, no password is required. To set a password for, double-click the device you want to set a
password. Click Control tab, and then click Change Password. Enter the new password.
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Start the BRAdmin Light utility.
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Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista
Click Start / All Programs
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Programs for Windows
Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5.x
Double-click 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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and Windows Server
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/ Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.
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