Brother DCP 7057R User Manual

NETWORK 
USER’S GUIDE
Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server and 
Wireless Multi-function Print Server
 
This Network User’s Guide provides useful information of wired 
and wireless network settings, security settings and Internet fax 
settings using your Brother machine. You can also find supported 
protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips.
To find basic information about network and advanced network 
features of your Brother machine, see the Network Glossary.
To...

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Definitions of notes
We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide:
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®...

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction1
Network features........................................................................................................................................1
Other Network features .......................................................................................................................2
2 Changing your machine’s network settings 3
How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway) .....................3
Using the control...

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4 Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application 
(For HL-2280DW, DCP-7055W, DCP-7057W, DCP-7070DW and MFC-7860DW) 22
Before configuring the wireless settings ..................................................................................................22
Configure the wireless settings ................................................................................................................22
5 Control panel setup 25
Network...

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7 Internet fax (For MFC-7460DN, MFC-7860DN and MFC-7860DW: available as a 
download)54
Internet fax Overview ...............................................................................................................................54
Important information on Internet fax.................................................................................................55
How to Internet...

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Network features1
Your Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired or IEEE 802.11b/g 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. The following chart 
shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
Note
Although the Brother machine can be used in both a wired and wireless network,...

Introduction 
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Other Network features1
Internet fax (MFC-7460DN, MFC-7860DN and MFC-7860DW: available as a download)1
Internet fax (IFAX) allows you to send and receive fax documents using the Internet as the transport 
mechanism. (See Internet fax (For MFC-7460DN, MFC-7860DN and MFC-7860DW: available as a 
download) on page 54.)
In order to use this function, please download the necessary software from our web site, the Brother Solutions 
Center (http://solutions.brother.com/
). Before using this...

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How to change your machine’s network settings 
(IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway)
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Using the control panel2
You can configure your machine for a network using the control panel Network menu. (See Control panel 
setup on page 25.)
Using the BRAdmin Light utility2
The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of 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....

Changing your machine’s network settings 
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Setting the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light2
Note
• You can download Brother’s latest BRAdmin Light utility from http://solutions.brother.com/.
• If you require more advanced machine management, use the latest version of the 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...

Changing your machine’s network settings 
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cDouble-click the unconfigured device.
Note
• If the print server is set to its factory default settings (if you are not using 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 on page 36 for information on how to print the Network 
Configuration List on...