CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS NT AND LAN SERVER NETWORK CONFIGURATION (TCP/IP)
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Changing the IP Address using the ARP command
If your printer does not have a LCD panel and you cannot use the
BRAdmin32 utility, you can use the “
arp -s”
command from the DOS
prompt:
arp -s 192.189.207.77 00-40-17-00-ed-d6
Substitute the IP address of the Brother Print Server that you wish to use
and replace '
00-40-17-00-ed-d6'
with the actual Ethernet hardware
address of the Brother Print Server (which can be found on the label affixed
to the bottom of the box or by printing out a configuration page:
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To do this on a printer that has an LCD panel: take the printer off-
line by pressing the SEL button, press and hold down the SHIFT
button then press the UP arrow button until PRINT CONFIG is
displayed, press the SET button. The printer will then print out a
configuration sheet, the sheet labeled "Print Configuration"
contains all Print Server configuration information. Put the printer
back on-line again by pressing the SEL button.
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For internal Print Servers that are connected to a Brother printer
which do not have an LCD panel, refer to your printer user guide
for instructions on how to print out a configuration page.
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Brother's external interfaces, which connect to the parallel
interface, have a black button recessed into the rear of the unit.
Press this button to print out a configuration sheet.
If you get the message "The arp entry addition failed:", try pinging a
known device on the network using the command “
ping ipaddress”
,
where “ipaddress” is the IP address of that device.
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Note
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You must be on the same Ethernet segment (that is, there cannot be a
router between the print server and the Windows NT system) to use
the
arp -s
command.
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If there is a router, you may use BOOTP or other methods described
in Chapter 2 to enter the IP address.
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If your Administrator has configured the system to deliver IP address
using BOOTP, DHCP or RARP your Brother Print Server can receive
an IP address from any one of these IP address allocation systems, in
which case, you will not need to use the
ARP
command.
•
The
ARP
command only works once. For security reasons, once you
have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother Print Server
using the ARP command, you can not use the ARP command again to
change the address. The print server will ignore any attempts to do
this. If you wish to change the IP address again, use a Web Browser,
TELNET (using the
SET IP ADDRESS
command as described in
Appendix A), the printer front panel (if you have an LCD panel) or
factory reset the print server (which will then allow you to use the
ARP command again).
