Brother DCP-6690CW - Setting up the IP Address and Subnet Mask; Using the Bradmin Light Utility to Configure Your Machine as a Network Printer

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Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection

Setting up the IP address and subnet mask 2

Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer2

BRAdmin Light 2

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

and Mac

X 10.2.4 or greater.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility 2

Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Light utility version that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product.

You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Light utility version from http://solutions.brother.com

• If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility that

is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com

. This utility is only available for Windows

users.

• If you are using Windows

Firewall or 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 again.

• Node Name: Node Name appears in current BRAdmin Light window. The default Node Name of the print

server in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s Ethernet address.).

• For MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-6490CW and DCP-6690CW, the default password is “access“.

For other models, no password is required by default. To set a password, double-click the device you want

to set a password. Click Control tab, and then click Change Password. Enter the new password.

a Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

 For Windows

2000/XP and Windows Vista

Click Start / All Programs

/ Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light.

Programs for Windows

2000 users

 For Mac OS

X 10.2.4 or greater

Double-click Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities /

BRAdmin Light.jar file.

b BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.

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