Brother MFC-9840CDW Network User's Guide

Appendix A
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A
Using RARP to configure the IP address A
The Brother print server’s 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: (“BRN” below is “BRW” for a wireless network.)
00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN310107
Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the print server and the second entry is the name of the print
server (the name must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).
If the RARP daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the system the command can be rarpd,
rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a or something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for
additional information). To verify that the RARP daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX
®
based system, type
the following command:
ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd
For AT&T UNIX
®
-based systems, type:
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd
The Brother print server will get the IP address from the RARP daemon when the printer is powered on.
Using APIPA to configure the IP address A
The Brother print server supports the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. With APIPA, DHCP
clients automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a DHCP server is not available. The
device chooses it's own IP address in the range 169.254.1.0 through to 169.254.254.255. The subnet mask
is automatically set to 255.255.0.0 and the gateway address is set to 0.0.0.0.
By default, the APIPA protocol is enabled. If you want to disable the APIPA protocol, you can disable it using
control panel of the machine. For more information, see APIPA on page 83.
If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However,
you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network.
Using ARP to configure the IP address A
If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can
also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on Windows
®
systems that have TCP/IP
installed as well as UNIX
®
systems. To use ARP enter the following command at the command prompt:
arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress
ping ipaddress
Where ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address (MAC address) of the print server and ipaddress is the
IP address of the print server. For example:

Brother MFC-9840CDW Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	600 x 2400 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)	16 s
Time to first page (color, normal)	17 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	20 ppm
Scan to	E-mail, FTP, OCR, USB
Scanner type	Flatbed scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	48 bit
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	1200 x 2400 DPI
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	4, 9, 16, 25
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	16 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	400 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	50 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	35 sheets
Internal memory	128 MB
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	54.5 dB
Custom media sizes	(69.9 - 216mm) - (116 - 406.4mm)
Dimensions (WxDxH)	530 x 539 x 520 mm
Networking features	10/100Base-TX
Wireless technology	IEEE 802.11b/g
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Scan
Maximum internal memory	0.640 GB
Color all-in-one functions	copy, print, scan
Media weight (tray 1)	60 - 105g/m2
Paper tray media types	Bond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper
Non-ISO print media sizes	Executive (184 x 267mm), Folio (media size), Legal (media size), Letter (media size)
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m²
Security algorithms	LEAP
Supported network protocols (IPv4)	TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6)
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Bundled software	ScanSoft PaperPort (Win) NewSoft Presto! PageManager (Mac)
Power consumption (PowerSave)	36 W
Power consumption (average operating)	515, 100 W
Package weight	45800 g
Digital sender	No
Maximum duty cycle	3000 pages per month
Market positioning	Business