Brother NC-9100H Installation instructions

Multi-Protocol Print/Fax Server

Network User’s Guide

NC-9100h

Version B

MFC-8440 MFC-8840D MFC-8840DN

DCP-8040 DCP-8045D

Please read this manual thoroughly before using the machine. You can print or

view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a

convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times.

The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop

resource for all your machine needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for

your printers, read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips.

Some Brother machine models are network ready as standard. Other Brother

printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server.

Trademarks

Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

HP, HP/UX, JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

UNIX is a trademarks of UNIX Systems Laboratories.

Ethernet is trademark of Xerox Corporation.

Postscript is trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Netware is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

Apple, Macintosh, LaserWriter and AppleTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

IBM, LAN Server, and AIX are trademarks of International Business Machines

Corporation.

LAN Manager, Windows®, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

NC-9100h and BRAdmin Professional utility are trademarks of Brother Industries

Ltd.

All other brand and product names mentioned in this User’s Guide are registered

trademarks or trademarks of respective companies.

Compilation and Publication

Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and

published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications.

The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to

change without notice.

Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and

materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including

consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not

limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.

Shipment of the Print/Fax server

If for any reason you must ship your Print/Fax server, carefully package the Print/

Fax server to avoid any damage during transit. It is recommended that you save

and use the original packaging. The print server should also be adequately

insured with the carrier.

WARNING

When shipping the Print/Fax server, put it into the anti-static bag to avoid damage.

IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call.

Calls must be made from within that country.

In USA 1-800-276-7746

In Canada 1-877-BROTHER

In Europe Visithttp://www.brother.com forcontactinformationonyour

local Brother office.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at:

In Europe European Technical Services

1 Tame Street

Audenshaw

Manchester, M34 5JE

In USA Printer Customer Support

Brother International Corporation

15 Musick

Irvine CA 92618

In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.

- Marketing Dept.

1, rue Hôtel de Ville

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6

Dealers and service centers (USA)

For the name of a Brother authorized dealer or service center, call 1-800-284-4357.

Service centers (Canada)

For the address of service centers in Canada, call 1-877-BROTHER.

Service centers locations (Europe)

For service center in Europe, contact your local Brother office. Address and

telephone contact information or European offices can be found at

http://www.brother.com and selecting your country from the pull down list.

Brother fax-back system (USA)

Brother Customer Service has set up an easy-to-use fax-back system so you can

get instant answers to common technical questions and information about all our

products. This is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can use the

system to send the information to any fax machine.

Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about

how to use the system and an Index of the subjects you can get information about.

In USA only 1-800-521-2846

Internet addresses

Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical

Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com

(In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brothermall.com

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Introduction

Overview

The Brother NC-9100h Print / Fax Server allows your Brother

machine to be attached and shared on a 10/100Mbit Ethernet

Network. Web Based Management and Administration utilities

provide easy configuration and management of your Brother

machine. Once installed and configured, the NC-9100h allows your

machine to FAX documents over the Internet; print and scan

documents over a network. The NC-9100h is even supplied with

Brother's Peer to Peer printing software allowing you to easily share

the machine as a small department printer.

Features

Internet Fax

The Brother machine can be assigned an E-mail address allowing

you to send, receive and forward documents on a Local Area

Network and the Internet to PC's or other Internet Fax machines.

Network Printing

The Print / Fax server can be utilized as a print server providing

printing services for the Windows®95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0/

2000/XP, Unix Systems supporting the TCP/IP protocols, Novell

Operating Systems supporting IPX/SPX and Macintosh Networks

supporting AppleTalk or TCP/IP.

Network Scanning

You can scan documents into a PC on your Network directly or the

Brother machine can E-mail them to your PC for editing in Black &

White or Color.

Management Utilities

The Web Based Management and BRAdmin Professional utilities provide

powerful easy to use management of Fax, network and E-mail settings.

SMTP/POP3 mail server support.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration

of Conformity (For U.S.A. only)

Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation

100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911, USA

TEL: (908) 704-1700

declares, that the products

Product Name: Brother Network Card (BR-net)

Model Number: NC-9100h

complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate

radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off

and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or

more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Important

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd.

could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB-003

du Canada.

Declaration of Conformity (Europe)

We, Brother Industries, Ltd.,

15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan

declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative

documents.

Safety: EN 60950,

EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024

following the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/

263/EEC and 92/31/EEC).

Issued by: Brother Industries, Ltd.

Information & Document Company

Caution for LAN connection

Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages.

Intel Copyright and License Information

This products includes object code from Intel’s UPnP SDK.

The following is the copyright and licensing information for Intel UPnP SDK.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this

list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright

notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the

documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

* Neither name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors may

be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software

without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND

CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE

DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTEL OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE

FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,

DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND

ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,

OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY

OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Table of Contents

Introduction....................................................................iii

Overview....................................................................iii

Features ....................................................................iii

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS........... iv

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) ............. iv

Industry Canada Compliance Statement

(For Canada only)..................................................... iv

Declaration of Conformity (Europe)........................... v

Caution for LAN connection....................................... v

Intel Copyright and License Information.................... v

Unix Printing.......................................................................... 1-1

Printing from Unix/Linux Using TCP/IP.............................1-1

Overview.....................................................................1-1

TCP/IP ........................................................................1-2

General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration.................. 1-2

Linux Configuration.....................................................1-6

Linux Configuration Using CUPS ...........................1-6

HP-UX Configuration ..................................................1-7

IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration .................................1-8

Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration .....................................1-9

SCO UNIX Configuration..........................................1-10

IBM AS/400 ..............................................................1-11

Other Systems..........................................................1-12

Other Sources of Information....................................1-13

TCP/IP Printing......................................................................2-1

Printing from Windows NT®4.0, Windows®2000/XP,

LAN Server and Warp Server...........................................2-1

Overview.....................................................................2-1

Windows NT®4.0 and Windows®2000/XP (TCP/IP)

Configuration ..............................................................2-2

Windows®2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver not yet installed) ..................................2-2

Standard TCP/IP Port Printing................................2-2

Windows®2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver already installed) .................................2-4

Windows NT®4.0 Printing ..........................................2-4

Windows NT®4.0 Printing

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ..............2-5

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Windows NT®4.0 Printing

Associating to the Printer............................................ 2-6

Windows NT®4.0 Printing

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port............................2-7

Other Sources of Information .....................................2-7

Peer to Peer Printing ............................................................ 3-1

How to Print in a Windows®95/98/Me Peer to Peer

network.............................................................................3-1

Overview..................................................................... 3-1

Quick Tips: .............................................................3-1

Driver Deployment Wizard .....................................3-2

TCP/IP Printing...........................................................3-2

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ..............3-2

Associating to the Printer............................................ 3-3

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port............................3-5

Other Sources of Information .....................................3-5

NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing............................................. 4-1

How to Print Using NetBIOS in Windows®95/98/Me/

2000/XP, Windows NT®4.0, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp

Server ...............................................................................4-1

Overview..................................................................... 4-1

Print Server Configuration .......................................... 4-2

Changing the workgroup/domain name using

a web browser ............................................................ 4-3

NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows®95/98/Me/2000/

XP and Windows NT®4.0...........................................4-4

Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor...............4-4

Associating the Printer................................................4-5

Windows®95/98/Me...............................................4-5

Windows NT®4.0 / Windows®2000/XP ................. 4-6

Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port......................... 4-7

Windows®95/98/Me...............................................4-7

Windows NT®4.0 / Windows®2000/XP ................. 4-8

Other Sources of Information .....................................4-8

Configuring Internet Printing for Windows®...................... 5-1

Internet Printing Installation .............................................. 5-1

Overview..................................................................... 5-1

Brother Internet Print General Information .................5-2

Brother Internet Print: Configuring the Brother Print/

Fax Server..................................................................5-3

Print Server Configuration Checklist ......................5-3

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Brother Internet Print: Using BRAdmin Professional

utility to Configure the Print Server.............................5-4

Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to

Configure the Print Server .......................................... 5-5

Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP software on

Windows

95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

4.0 ....5

-6

Setup from CD-ROM ..............................................5-6

Adding a Second Brother Internet Port.......................5-9

Windows®2000/XP IPP Printing ................................5-9

Specifying a Different URL .......................................5-11

Other Sources of Information....................................5-11

Novell NetWare Printing....................................................... 6-1

How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing.......................6-1

Overview.....................................................................6-1

General Information....................................................6-2

Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for

NetWare5....................................................................6-3

NDPS Manager...........................................................6-3

NDPS Broker ..............................................................6-4

Creating a Printer Agent .............................................6-5

Configuring NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 systems........6-6

Creating a Network Print Server (Bindery Queue Server)

using BRAdmin Professional utility.............................6-6

Creating a Network Print Server (NDS Queue Server)

using BRAdmin Professional utility.............................6-8

Creating a Network Print Server (NDS Queue Server)

using Novell NWADMIN and BRAdmin Professional

utility ...........................................................................6-9

Creating a Network Print Server (NDS Remote Printer)

using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin Professional

utility .........................................................................6-12

Other Sources of Information....................................6-13

Printing from a Macintosh®..................................................7-1

Printing from a Macintosh®Using AppleTalk®and

TCP/IP or Simple Network Configuration capabilities....... 7-1

Overview.....................................................................7-1

Macintosh®Configuration (Mac OS®8.6 - 9.2)...........7-2

How to Select the Print Server

(AppleTalk/EtherTalk).................................................7-3

How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP).....................7-5

Macintosh Configuration

(Mac OS®X 10.1-10.2.1 or greater) ...........................7-7

How to Select the Print Server

(AppleTalk/EtherTalk).................................................7-8

How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) ....................7-9

Changing the Configuration...................................... 7-10

Other Sources of Information ................................... 7-10

Printing from a Macintosh®using Simple Network

Configuration capabilities of Mac OS®X ..................7-10

DLC Printing.......................................................................... 8-1

Printing from Windows NT®4.0 or Windows®2000 .........8-1

Overview..................................................................... 8-1

Configuring DLC on Windows NT®4.0 and

Windows®2000...........................................................8-1

Windows®2000 Printer Setup .................................... 8-2

Windows NT®4.0 Printer Setup .................................8-3

Configuring DLC on Other Systems...........................8-4

Other Sources of Information .....................................8-5

Web Based Management ..................................................... 9-1

How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device ........ 9-1

Overview..................................................................... 9-1

How to connect to your machine using a Browser....... 9-2

Password Information................................................. 9-2

Other Sources of Information .....................................9-2

Front Panel Setup Menu..................................................... 10-1

LAN Main Setup Menu ...................................................10-1

Setup TCP/IP............................................................ 10-2

BOOT Method ...................................................... 10-2

IP Address............................................................ 10-5

Subnet Mask ........................................................ 10-5

Gateway ............................................................... 10-6

Host Name ...........................................................10-6

WINS CONFIG .....................................................10-7

WINS Server ........................................................ 10-7

DNS Server ..........................................................10-8

APIPA................................................................... 10-9

Setup Internet (For MFC only)................................10-10

Mail Address.......................................................10-10

SMTP Server......................................................10-11

POP3 Server ...................................................... 10-11

Mailbox Name .................................................... 10-12

Mailbox Pwd .......................................................10-12

Setup Mail RX (For MFC only) ...............................10-13

Auto Polling ........................................................ 10-13

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