Overview - Brother HL-1870n Network User's Manual

CHAPTER FOUR
NetBIOS Peer to Peer
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Printing
How to Printing using NetBIOS
on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/
2000/XP, LAN Server and
OS/2 Warp Server

Overview

Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) over the
TCP/IP protocol via the NetBIOS interface. This means that just like regular
Windows PC's, Brother printers can appear in your network neighborhood. The
main advantage of NetBIOS printing is that you are able to print from legacy
DOS applications that are running on PC's that are connected to Microsoft
networks.
Quick Tips:
1. The default IP address of Brother print servers is 192.0.0.192. To change
it, use the printer control panel, the BRAdmin application, or let your
DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer
2. Refer to chapter 12
address on your printer.
3. The default password for Brother print servers is "access".
4. The default domain name of the print server is WORKGROUP, to
change it use your web browser or the BRAdmin application.
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of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP
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