Brother MFC-J280W - Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
1 Types of network connections and protocols 1
Types of network connections ...................................................................................................................1
Wired network connection example.....................................................................................................1
Protocols....................................................................................................................................................3
TCP/IP protocols and functions...........................................................................................................3
2 Configuring your machine for a network 5
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ..............................................................................................5
IP address ...........................................................................................................................................5
Subnet mask........................................................................................................................................6
Gateway (and router)...........................................................................................................................6
3 Wireless network terms and concepts 7
Specifying your network.............................................................................................................................7
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .........................................................................................7
Security terms............................................................................................................................................8
Authentication and encryption .............................................................................................................8
Authentication and Encryption methods for a personal wireless network ...........................................8
4 Additional network settings from Windows
®
10
Types of additional network settings........................................................................................................10
Installing drivers used for printing and scanning via Web Services
(Windows Vista
®
and Windows
®
7)......................................................................................................11
Network printing and scanning installation for Infrastructure mode when using Vertical Pairing
(Windows
®
7)........................................................................................................................................12
A Appendix A 13
Using services .........................................................................................................................................13
Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators)............................................14
Using DHCP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................14
Using RARP to configure the IP address ..........................................................................................14
Using BOOTP to configure the IP address........................................................................................15
Using APIPA to configure the IP address..........................................................................................15
Using ARP to configure the IP address.............................................................................................16
BIndex 17