Setting 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^® 2000/XP, Windows Vista^®, Windows Server^® 2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater.

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How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility

Note

•	Please use the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Light utility from http://solutions.brother.com/.
•	If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest version of 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, configure the software settings following the instructions.
•	Node name: Node name appears in the current BRAdmin Light window. The default node name of the print server in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network. (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address.)
•	The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.

Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

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For Windows^® 2000/XP, Windows Vista^® and Windows Server^® 2003/2008 users

Click Start / All Programs¹ / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

¹	Programs for Windows^® 2000 users

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For Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater users

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

BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.

Double-click the unconfigured device.

Windows^®

Macintosh

Note

•	If the print server is set to its factory default settings (if you do not use a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server), the device will appear as Unconfigured in the BRAdmin Light utility screen.
•	You can find the node name and MAC Address (Ethernet Address) by printing the Network Configuration List. See Printing the Network Configuration List.

Choose STATIC from Boot Method (BOOT Method). Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server.

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Macintosh

Click OK.

With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list.

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