Brother HL-4040CN - Using the Control Panel to Change the Print Server Settings; Using Web Based Management (Web Browser) to Change the Print Server Settings

Configuring your printer for a wireless network (For HL-4070CDW)
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• You can find the node name and Ethernet address (Node Address above) by printing out the Network
Configuration List. See Printing the Printer Settings Page on page 105 for information on how to print the
Network Configuration List on your print server.
Using the control panel to change the print server settings 3
You can configure and change the print server settings using the control panel LAN menu. See Control panel
setup on page 96.
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print server
settings 3
A standard web browser can be used to change your print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol).
Note
We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
®
(or higher) or Firefox
®
1.0 (or higher) for Windows
®
and
Safari™ 1.0 for Macintosh
®
. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookie are always enabled in
whichever browser you use. We recommend you upgrade to Safari™ 1.2 or higher to enable JavaScript.
To use a web browser, you must have assigned an IP address to the print server.
a Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP
address or the print server name)
 For example:
http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.)
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter
the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen on the printer settings page. The
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as
“BRWxxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of the Ethernet address).
b Click Network Configuration.
c Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is admin and the default Password is access.
d Click OK.
e You can now change the printer server settings.
If you want to configure the protocol settings, click Configure Protocol.
Note
If you change the protocol settings, restart the printer after clicking Submit to activate the configuration.