Brother Mfc 7820nr User Manual

Introduction
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Protocols
TCP/IP protocols and functionalities
Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on a network. Protocols allow the users to 
gain access to network-connected resources.
The print/scan 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...

Introduction
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SMTP client
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) client is used to send e-mails via Internet or Intranet.
IPP
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) allows you to print documents directly to any accessible printer 
via the internet.
mDNS
mDNS allows the Brother print/scan server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS® X Simple 
Network Configured system. (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater).
TELNET
The Brother print/scan server supports TELNET server for command line...

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2Configuring your network printer
Overview
You need to configure the TCP/IP information to your Brother network printer before you use it on your 
network. In this chapter, you will learn what TCP/IP configuration items you need and how you configure your 
network printer using these TCP/IP configuration items.
Note
You can configure them using the machine’s control panel settings. For the details, please see Front Panel 
Setup in Chapter 3.
We recommend that you use the automatic installer...

Configuring your network printer
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For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP address on page 
A-1, Using BOOTP to configure the IP address on page A-2 and Using RARP to configure the IP address on 
page A-2.
If you do not have 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. For more information on 
APIPA, see Using APIPA to configure the IP...

Configuring your network printer
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Setting the IP address and subnet mask
Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure 
your network printer (for Windows® only)
BRAdmin Professional utility
The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to allow you to manage your network connected Brother 
machines in a TCP/IP environment.
How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility
Note
 Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility version that was supplied on...

Configuring your network printer
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Note
 If the print/scan server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, 
the device will appear as APIPA in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen.
 You can find the node name and Ethernet address (Node Address above) by printing out the Network 
Configuration Page. See Printing the Network Configuration Page on page 3-7 for information on how 
to print the Network Configuration Page on your print/scan server.
4Double-click...

Configuring your network printer
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2 Using the HTTP (web browser) and the TCP/IP protocol to change the print/scan 
server settings
A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 6.0 or later, or Netscape 
Navigator® version 7.1 or later) can be used to change your print/scan server settings using the HTTP (Hyper 
Text Transfer Protocol). To use a web browser, you must have assigned an IP address to the print/scan 
server.
1Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser....

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3Front Panel Setup
LAN Main Setup Menu
You can connect your machine into the network to use the Network Printer and Network Scanner.
To use all the network functions, you can set up your machine using the control panel LAN menu.
The LAN menu selections allow you to set up the Brother machine for your network configuration. Press 
Menu/Set, then press the appropriate number, 5 for LAN for example. Proceed to the menu selection you 
wish to configure. 
Please note that the machine is supplied with...

Front Panel Setup
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RARP mode
Brother print/scan server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your host 
computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with an entry 
similar to the following:
00:80:77:31:01:07   BRN_310107
Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print/scan server and the second entry is the name of the 
print/scan server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the...

Front Panel Setup
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Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included 
a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host and specify 
the name of this file and its path in the configuration file.
As with rarp, the print/scan server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered 
on.
DHCP mode
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated...