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Set Up Relay Broadcast on Your Brother Machine
A Relay Broadcast is when your Brother machine receives a message over the Internet and then relays it to another fax machine using conventional telephone lines. If you must fax a document over a long distance or abroad, use the "relay broadcast" function to save the communication fee.
- Internet-available fax machine
- The Internet
- Your Brother Machine
- Telephone line
- Fax machine
- Start your web browser.
- Type "https://machine's IP address" in your browser's address bar (where "machine's IP address" is your machine's IP address).
For example:
https://192.168.1.2
Your machine's IP address can be found in the Network Configuration Report.
- If required, type the password in the Login field, and then click Login.
The default password to manage this machine’s settings is located on the back of the machine and marked "Pwd". Change the default password by following the on-screen instructions when you first log in. - In the left navigation bar, click .If the left navigation bar is not visible, start navigating from
. - Configure settings as needed.
- Relay Broadcast Function
Set the Relay Broadcast Function to On.
- Relay Domain
Configure your machine's domain name on the machine that will broadcast the document to the conventional fax machine. To use your machine as a relay broadcast device, you must specify the trusted domain name (the portion of the name after the "@" sign) on the machine. Use care in selecting a trusted domain: any user on a trusted domain will be able to send a relay broadcast. You can register up to five domain names.
- Relay Broadcast Report
Specify whether or not you want a report to print after the machine completes the relay broadcast.
- When finished, click Submit.