Brother HL 5370DW

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1
Overview....................................................................................................................................................1
Network features........................................................................................................................................2
Network printing...................................................................................................................................2
Management utilities............................................................................................................................2
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................4
Network connection example ..............................................................................................................4
Wireless network connection examples (For HL-5370DW).................................................................6
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................7
TCP/IP protocols and functions ...........................................................................................................7
Other Protocol .....................................................................................................................................9
2 Configuring your machine for a network
10
Overview..................................................................................................................................................10
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ............................................................................................10
IP address .........................................................................................................................................10
Subnet mask......................................................................................................................................11
Gateway (and router).........................................................................................................................11
Step by step chart....................................................................................................................................12
Setting the IP address and subnet mask .................................................................................................13
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer ..............................13
Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (For HL-5380DN).........................15
Using other methods to configure your machine for a network .........................................................15
Changing the print server settings ...........................................................................................................16
Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings ..................................................16
Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change the print server settings (For
Windows
®
).....................................................................................................................................16
Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print server settings.........................17
Using the control panel to change the print server settings (For HL-5380DN)..................................17
Using other methods to change print server settings ........................................................................17
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For HL-5370DW)
18
Overview..................................................................................................................................................18
Wireless network terms and concepts .....................................................................................................19
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .......................................................................................19
Authentication and encryption ...........................................................................................................19
Step by step chart for wireless network configuration .............................................................................22
For Infrastructure mode .....................................................................................................................22
For Ad-hoc mode...............................................................................................................................23