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NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and
Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g) Ethernet Multi-function Print Server
Please read this manual thoroughly before using this machine on
your network. You can view this manual in HTML format from the
CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient
place for quick and easy reference at all times. You can also
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IMPORTANT describes procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent possible
machine problems or damage to other objects.
Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips
about how the operation works with other features.
IMPORTANT
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Compilation and publication notice
Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the
latest product’s descriptions and specifications.
The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained
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©2009 Brother Industries Ltd.
IMPORTANT NOTE
This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only.
Do not use this product outside the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication
and power regulations of that country.
Windows®XP in this document represents Windows®XP Professional, Windows®XP Professional x64
Edition and Windows®XP Home Edition.
Windows Server®2003 in this document represents Windows Server®2003 and Windows Server®2003
x64 Edition.
Windows Vista®in this document represents all editions of Windows Vista®.
The machine illustrations are based on MFC-8890DW.
Not all models are available in all countries.

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IMPORTANT
For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the machine.
Calls must be made from within that country.
For Customer Service
Service center locator (USA)
For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437).
Service center locations (Canada)
For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at:
In USA 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437)
In Canada 1-877-BROTHER
In Brazil [email protected]
In Europe Visit http://www.brother.com/ for contact information on your local Brother office.
In USA Customer Support
Brother International Corporation
100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard
Bridgewater NJ 08807-0911
In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.
- Marketing Dept.
1 Hôtel de Ville
Dollard des Ormeaux, QC
H9B 3H6
Canada
In Brazil Brother International Corporation do Brasil Ltda.
Av. Paulista, 854 - 15 and. - Ed. Top Center
CEP: 01310-100 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil
In Europe European Product & Service Support
1 Tame Street
Audenshaw
Manchester, M34 5JE, UK

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Internet address
Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com/
For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support, Driver Updates and Utilities:
http://solutions.brother.com/
Ordering accessories and supplies
In USA: 1-877-552-MALL (1-877-552-6255)
1-800-947-1445 (fax)
http://www.brothermall.com/
In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER
http://www.brother.ca/

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1 Introduction 1
Overview....................................................................................................................................................1
Network features........................................................................................................................................2
Network printing...................................................................................................................................2
Network scanning ................................................................................................................................2
Network PC Fax (Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN) ................................................2
Fax to Server (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) ........................................................................2
Management utilities............................................................................................................................2
Internet fax/scan to E-mail server (MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only)........................................4
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................5
Wired network connection example.....................................................................................................5
Wireless network connection examples (For MFC-8890DW only) ......................................................7
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................8
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities....................................................................................................8
Other protocol....................................................................................................................................11
2 Configuring your machine for a network 12
Overview..................................................................................................................................................12
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ............................................................................................12
IP address .........................................................................................................................................12
Subnet mask......................................................................................................................................13
Gateway (and router).........................................................................................................................14
Step by step chart....................................................................................................................................14
Setting the IP address and subnet mask .................................................................................................15
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer ..............................15
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network......................................................17
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network .........................................................17
Changing the print server settings ...........................................................................................................18
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings ..................................................18
Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change print server settings
(for Windows®) ..............................................................................................................................18
Using the control panel to change the print server settings...............................................................19
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print/scan server settings ................20
Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings
(Not available for Windows Server®2003/2008)
(Not available for DCP-8085DN and DCP-8080DN) .....................................................................20
Using other methods to change print server settings ........................................................................20
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For MFC-8890DW) 21
Overview..................................................................................................................................................21
Wireless network terms and concepts .....................................................................................................22
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .......................................................................................22
Authentication and encryption ...........................................................................................................22
Step by step chart for wireless network configuration ............................................................................25
For Infrastructure mode .....................................................................................................................25
For Ad-hoc mode...............................................................................................................................26
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Confirm your network environment..........................................................................................................27
Connected to a computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode).......................27
Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point in the network (Ad-hoc mode) ........27
Confirm your wireless network setup method..........................................................................................28
Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your machine for a
wireless network............................................................................................................................28
Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS™ control panel menu
(Automatic Wireless mode) (Infrastructure mode only) .................................................................28
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Infrastructure mode only) ...............29
Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless
network machine ...........................................................................................................................30
Configure your machine for a wireless network.......................................................................................31
Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel .................................................................................31
Using the SES/WPS/AOSS™ control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless
network (Automatic Wireless mode)..............................................................................................36
Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup ...............................................................................39
Using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless
network..........................................................................................................................................40
4 Wireless configuration for Windows®using the Brother installer application
(MFC-8890DW only) 41
Configuration in Infrastructure mode .......................................................................................................41
Before configuring the wireless settings ............................................................................................41
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................43
Configuration using the SES/WPS or AOSS™ from the control panel menu (Automatic Wireless mode) ......51
Before configuring the wireless settings ............................................................................................51
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................51
Configuration in Ad-hoc mode .................................................................................................................56
Before configuring the wireless settings ............................................................................................56
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................57
5 Wireless configuration for Macintosh®using the Brother installer application
(MFC-8890DW only) 67
Configuration in Infrastructure mode .......................................................................................................67
Before configuring the wireless settings ............................................................................................67
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................69
Configuration using the SES/WPS or AOSS™ from the control panel menu (Automatic Wireless mode) ......77
Configuration in Ad-hoc mode .................................................................................................................82
Before configuring the wireless settings ............................................................................................82
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................83
6 Control panel setup 92
Network menu..........................................................................................................................................92
TCP/IP ...............................................................................................................................................92
Ethernet (wired network only)..........................................................................................................100
Setup Wizard (MFC-8890DW wireless network only) .....................................................................100
SES/WPS/AOSS™ (MFC-8890DW wireless network only) ............................................................101
WPS w/PIN Code (MFC-8890DW wireless network only)...............................................................101
WLAN Status (MFC-8890DW wireless network only) .....................................................................101
Set to Default (MFC-8890DW only).................................................................................................103

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Wired Enable (MFC-8890DW wired network only)..........................................................................104
WLAN Enable (MFC-8890DW wireless network only) ....................................................................104
E-mail / IFAX (MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only) ...................................................................105
How to set a new default for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server)
(MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only) .....................................................................................116
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP .......................................................................................117
How to set a new default for Scan to Network ................................................................................118
Fax to Server (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) ....................................................................119
Time Zone .......................................................................................................................................121
Restoring the network settings to factory default...................................................................................122
Printing the Network Configuration List .................................................................................................122
7 Driver Deployment Wizard
(Windows®only) 123
Overview................................................................................................................................................123
Connection methods..............................................................................................................................123
Peer-to-peer ....................................................................................................................................123
Network Shared...............................................................................................................................124
How to install the Driver Deployment Wizard software..........................................................................124
Using the Driver Deployment Wizard software ......................................................................................125
8 Network printing from Windows®:
basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 128
Overview................................................................................................................................................128
Configuring the standard TCP/IP port....................................................................................................129
Printer driver not yet installed ..........................................................................................................129
Printer driver already installed .........................................................................................................130
Other sources of information .................................................................................................................130
9 Internet printing for Windows®131
Overview................................................................................................................................................131
IPP printing for Windows®2000/XP, Windows Vista®and Windows Server®2003/2008 ....................131
For Windows Vista®and Windows Server®2008 ...........................................................................131
For Windows®2000/XP and Windows Server®2003 .....................................................................133
Specifying a different URL...............................................................................................................135
Other sources of information .................................................................................................................135
10 Network printing from Macintosh®using the BR-Script 3 driver 136
Overview................................................................................................................................................136
How to choose the BR-Script 3 printer driver (TCP/IP) .........................................................................136
For Mac OS®X 10.3.9 to 10.4.x users ............................................................................................136
For Mac OS®X 10.5.x.....................................................................................................................138
Other sources of information .................................................................................................................139
11 Web Based Management 140
Overview................................................................................................................................................140
How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser).......................141
Password information ............................................................................................................................142

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Secure Function Lock 2.0 .....................................................................................................................143
How to configure the Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using Web Based Management
(web browser)..............................................................................................................................144
Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a web browser.............................................................147
Changing the Scan to Network configuration using a web browser ......................................................148
Changing the LDAP configuration using a web browser .......................................................................150
12 LDAP operation (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) 151
Overview................................................................................................................................................151
Changing the LDAP configuration using a Browser ........................................................................151
LDAP operation using the control panel ..........................................................................................151
13 Internet fax and Scan to E-mail
(E-mail server)
(For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) 152
Internet fax Overview.............................................................................................................................152
Getting connected ...........................................................................................................................152
Control panel key functions .............................................................................................................153
Sending an Internet fax ...................................................................................................................153
Manually entering text .....................................................................................................................154
Receiving E-mail or Internet fax ......................................................................................................154
Receiving an Internet fax to your computer.....................................................................................155
Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages...............................................................................155
Relay broadcasting..........................................................................................................................155
TX Verification Mail..........................................................................................................................158
Setup Mail TX ..................................................................................................................................158
Setup Mail RX..................................................................................................................................158
Error mail .........................................................................................................................................158
Important information on Internet fax...............................................................................................159
Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) overview................................................................................................160
How to operate Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) ...............................................................................160
Using One Touch or Speed Dial number.........................................................................................161
14 Security features 162
Overview................................................................................................................................................162
Security terms..................................................................................................................................162
Security protocols ............................................................................................................................163
Security methods for E-mail notification ..........................................................................................163
Configuring the protocol settings ...........................................................................................................164
Managing your network printer securely................................................................................................165
Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser) ............................................165
Secure Management using BRAdmin Professional 3 (for Windows®) ............................................167
Printing documents securely using IPPS...............................................................................................168
Specifying a different URL...............................................................................................................168
Using E-mail notification with user authentication
(For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)..............................................................................................169
Creating and installing a certificate........................................................................................................171
Creating and installing a self-signed certificate ...............................................................................173
Creating CSR and installing a certificate .........................................................................................186
Import and export the certificate and private key.............................................................................188

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15 Troubleshooting 189
Overview................................................................................................................................................189
General problems ..................................................................................................................................189
Network print software installation problems .........................................................................................190
Printing problems...................................................................................................................................192
Scanning and PC Fax problems ............................................................................................................194
Wireless network troubleshooting (MFC-8890DW only)........................................................................196
Wireless setup problems .................................................................................................................196
Wireless connection problem ..........................................................................................................197
Protocol-specific troubleshooting...........................................................................................................198
Windows®2000/XP, Windows Vista®and Windows Server®2003/2008 IPP troubleshooting.......198
Web Based Management (web browser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP)................................................198
LDAP troubleshooting......................................................................................................................198
A Appendix A 199
Using services .......................................................................................................................................199
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) ..........................................199
Using DHCP to configure the IP address ........................................................................................199
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address......................................................................................200
Using RARP to configure the IP address ........................................................................................201
Using APIPA to configure the IP address........................................................................................201
Using ARP to configure the IP address ...........................................................................................202
Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address .................................................................203
Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS to configure the IP address....................204
Installation when using web services
(For Windows Vista®users) ...............................................................................................................205
Installation when using a Network Print Queue or Share (printer driver only) .......................................206
B Appendix B 207
Print server specifications......................................................................................................................207
Ethernet wired network....................................................................................................................207
Wireless network ............................................................................................................................208
Function table and default factory settings ............................................................................................210
DCP-8080DN, DCP-8085DN and MFC-8480DN ............................................................................210
MFC-8880DN ..................................................................................................................................213
MFC-8890DW..................................................................................................................................217
Entering Text .........................................................................................................................................223
C Appendix C 225
Open Source Licensing Remarks ..........................................................................................................225
Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software.................................................225
This product includes SNMP software from WestHawk Ltd. ..........................................................225
MIT Kerberos statements ................................................................................................................226
Cyrus SASL statements ..................................................................................................................229
OpenSSL statements ......................................................................................................................230
OpenLDAP Statements ...................................................................................................................232
D Index 235

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Overview 1
Your Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet
network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of
connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These
functions include printing, scanning, PC Fax send, PC Fax receive, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The
following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
1Only the MFC-8890DW has IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) available.
2BRAdmin Professional 3 and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.
3Available when using BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin with devices that are connected to your client PC via the USB or parallel interface.
4Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the
computers you use.
Introduction 1
Operating Systems Windows®2000/XP
Windows®XP
Professional x64
Edition
Windows Vista®
Windows Server®
2003/2008
Windows Server®2003
x64 Edition
Mac OS®X 10.3.9 or
greater
10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet
(TCP/IP) rrr
IEEE 802.11b/g wireless
Ethernet (TCP/IP) 1rrr
Printing rrr
BRAdmin Light rrr
BRAdmin Professional 3 2rr
Web BRAdmin 2rr
BRPrint Auditor 3rr
Web Based Management
(web browser) rrr
Internet Printing (IPP) rr
Scanning rr
PC Fax Send 4rr
PC Pax Receive 4r
Remote Setup 4rr
Status Monitor rr
Driver Deployment Wizard rr

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Network features 1
Your Brother machine has the following basic network features.
Network printing 1
The print server provides printing services for Windows®2000/XP, Windows Vista®and Windows Server®
2003/2008 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh®(Mac OS®X 10.3.9 or greater) supporting
TCP/IP.
Network scanning 1
You can scan documents over the network to your computer (See Network Scanning in the Software User’s
Guide).
Network PC Fax (Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN) 1
You can directly send a file from your computer as a PC Fax over your network (See Brother PC-FAX
Software for Windows®and Sending a Fax for Macintosh®in the Software User’s Guide for a complete
description). Windows®users can also PC Fax receive (See PC-FAX receiving in the Software User’s Guide).
Fax to Server (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) 1
The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan documents and send them via a separate fax server.
Unlike Internet fax or I-Fax, the Fax to Server feature utilizes a server to send the documents as fax data over
phone or T-1 lines.
Management utilities 1
BRAdmin Light 1
BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for
Brother products on your network, 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 Windows Server®
2003/2008 and Mac OS®X 10.3.9 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light on Windows®, please
see the Quick Setup Guide provided with the machine. For Macintosh®users, BRAdmin Light will be installed
automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you don’t have
to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

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BRAdmin Professional 3 (for Windows®)1
BRAdmin Professional 3 is a utility for more advanced management of network connected Brother devices.
This utility can search for Brother products on your network and view the device status from an easy to read
explorer style window that changes color identifying the status of each device. You can configure network
and device settings along with the ability to update device firmware from a Windows®computer on your LAN.
BRAdmin Professional 3 can also log activity of brother devices on your network and export the log data in
an HTML, CSV, TXT or SQL format.
For users who want to monitor locally connected printers, install the Print Auditor Client software on the client
PC. This utility allows you to monitor printers that are connected to a client PC via the USB or parallel interface
from BRAdmin Professional 3.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
Web BRAdmin (for Windows®)1
Web BRAdmin is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother
products on your network, view the status and configure the network settings.
Unlike BRAdmin Professional 3, which is designed for Windows®only, Web BRAdmin is a server based utility
that can be accessed from any client PC with a web browser that supports JRE (Java Runtime Environment).
By installing the Web BRAdmin server utility on a computer running IIS 1, administrators can connect to the
Web BRAdmin server using a web browser, which then communicates with the device itself.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
1Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0/5.1/6.0/7.0
BRPrint Auditor (for Windows®)1
The BRPrint Auditor software brings the monitoring power of Brother network management tools to locally
connected machines. This utility allows a client computer to collect usage and status information from a MFC
or DCP connected via the parallel or USB interface. The BRPrint Auditor can then pass this information to
another computer on the network running BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin 1.45 or greater. This
allows the administrator to check items such as page counts, toner and drum status and the firmware version.
In addition to reporting to Brother network management applications this utility can E-mail the usage and
status information directly to a predefined E-mail address in a CSV or XML file format (SMTP Mail support
required). The BRPrint Auditor utility also supports E-mail notification for reporting warning and error
conditions.
Web Based Management (web browser) 1
The Web Based Management allows you to monitor Brother printer’s 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.

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Remote Setup 1
The Remote Setup software allows you to configure network settings from a Windows®or Macintosh®(Mac
OS®X 10.3.9 or greater) computer. (See Remote Setup in the Software User’s Guide.)
Internet fax/scan to E-mail server (MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only) 1
The Brother machine can be assigned an E-mail address allowing you to send, receive or forward documents
over a Local Area Network or the Internet to PC’s or other Internet fax machines. Before using this function,
you have to configure the necessary machine settings by using the machine’s control panel. (For details, see
Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW) on page 152.) You
can also configure these settings using Web Based Management (web browser) see Web Based
Management on page 140, or Remote Setup see Using Remote Setup to change the print server settings
(Not available for Windows Server®2003/2008) (Not available for DCP-8085DN and DCP-8080DN)
on page 20.)

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Types of network connections 1
Wired network connection example 1
Generally there are two types of network connections: Peer-to-Peer and Network Shared environment.
Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP 1
In a Peer-to-Peer environment, each computer directly sends and receives data to each device. There is no
central server controlling file access or printer sharing.
1Router
2 Network printer (your machine)
In a smaller network of 2 or 3 computers, we recommend the Peer-to-Peer printing method as it is easier
to configure than the Network Shared printing method described on the following page. See Network
Shared printing on page 6.
Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol.
The Brother machine needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration.
If you are using routers, the Gateway address must be configured on the computers and the Brother
machine.
The Brother machine can also communicate with Macintosh®(TCP/IP compatible operating systems).
TCP/IPTCP/IP
Windows R
WindowsRWindows R

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Network Shared printing 1
In a Network Shared environment, each computer sends data via a centrally controlled computer. This type
of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs.
1 Client computer
2 Also known as “Server” or “Print server”
3 TCP/IP, USB or parallel (where available)
4 Printer (your machine)
In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment.
The “server” or the “print server” must use the TCP/IP print protocol.
The Brother machine needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the machine is
connected via the USB or the parallel interface at the server.

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1
Wireless network connection examples (For MFC-8890DW only) 1
Connected to a computer with an access point on the network (Infrastructure mode) 1
This type of network has a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point can also act as
a bridge or a gateway to a wired network. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is part of this
network, it receives all print jobs via an access point.
1 Access point
2 Wireless network printer (your machine)
3 Wireless capable computer communicating with the access point
4 Wired computer which is not wireless capable connected to the access point with the Ethernet
cable
Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point on the network
(Ad-hoc mode) 1
This type of network does not have a central access point. Each wireless client communicates directly with
each other. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is part of this network, it receives all print jobs
directly from the computer sending the print data.
1 Wireless network printer (your machine)
2 Wireless capable computer

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Protocols 1
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities 1
Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on a network. Protocols allow users to gain
access to network connected resources.
The print server used on this Brother product supports the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol) protocol.
TCP/IP is the most popular set of protocols used for communication such as Internet and E-mail. This protocol
can be used in almost all operating systems such as Windows®, Windows Server®, Macintosh®and Linux.
The following TCP/IP protocols are available on this Brother product.
Note
• You can configure the protocol settings by using the HTTP interface (web browser).
See How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser) on page 141.
• For information about supported security protocols, see Security protocols on page 163.
DHCP/BOOTP/RARP 1
By using the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, the IP address can be automatically configured.
Note
To use the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP protocols, please contact your network administrator.
APIPA 1
If you do not assign an IP address manually (using the control panel of the machine or the BRAdmin software)
or automatically (using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server), the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
protocol will automatically assign an IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255.
ARP 1
Address Resolution Protocol performs mapping of an IP address to MAC address in a TCP/IP network.
DNS client 1
The Brother print server supports the Domain Name System (DNS) client function. This function allows the
print server to communicate with other devices by using its DNS name.
NetBIOS name resolution 1
Network Basic Input/Output System name resolution enables you to obtain the IP address of the other device
using its NetBIOS name during the network connection.

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WINS 1
Windows Internet Name Service is an information providing service for the NetBIOS name resolution by
consolidating an IP address and a NetBIOS name that is in the local network.
LPR/LPD 1
Commonly used printing protocols on a TCP/IP network.
SMTP client 1
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) client is used to send E-mails via the Internet or Intranet.
Custom Raw Port (Default is Port 9100) 1
Another commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network. It enables interactive data transmission.
IPP 1
The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) allows you to print documents directly to any accessible
printer via the internet.
Note
For the IPPS protocol, see Security protocols on page 163.
mDNS 1
mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS®X Simple Network
Configured system. (Mac OS®X 10.3.9 or greater).
TELNET 1
The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration.
SNMP 1
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers,
routers and Brother network ready machines. The Brother print server supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and
SNMPv3.
Note
For the SNMPv3 protocol, see Security protocols on page 163.
LLMNR 1
The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution protocol (LLMNR) resolves the names of neighboring computers,
if the network does not have a Domain Name System (DNS) server. The LLMNR Responder function works
in both the IPv4 or IPv6 environment when using a computer that has the LLMNR Sender function such as
Windows Vista®.

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Web services 1
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 (For Windows Vista®users) on page 205.
The Web Services also lets you check the current status of the machine from your computer.
Web server (HTTP) 1
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 163.
FTP 1
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 1
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 140.)
CIFS 1
The Common Internet File System is the standard way that computer users share files and printers in
Windows®.
LDAP (For MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW only) 1
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 1
This machine is compatible with IPv6, the next generation internet protocol. For more information on the IPv6
protocol, visit http://solutions.brother.com/.