Types of network connections and protocols
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WINS 1
Windows
®
Internet Name Service is an information providing service for the NetBIOS name resolution by
consolidating an IP address and a NetBIOS name that is in the local network.
LPR/LPD 1
Commonly used printing protocols on a TCP/IP network.
Custom Raw Port (Default is Port 9100) 1
Another commonly used printing protocol on a TCP/IP network. It enables interactive data transmission.
mDNS 1
mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS X Simple Network
Configured system.
SNMP 1
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers,
routers and Brother network ready machines. The Brother print server supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.
LLMNR 1
The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution protocol (LLMNR) resolves the names of neighboring computers,
if the network does not have a Domain Name System (DNS) server. The LLMNR Responder function works
in both the IPv4 or IPv6 environment when using a computer that has the LLMNR Sender function such as
Windows Vista
®
and Windows
®
7.
Web Services 1
The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista
®
or Windows
®
7 users to install the drivers used for
printing and scanning by right-clicking the machine icon from the Network folder. (See Installing drivers used
for printing and scanning via Web Services (Windows Vista
®
and Windows
®
7) uu page 11.) For details
about scanning using Web Services, see the Software User's Guide. The Web Services also lets you check
the current status of the machine from your computer.