Brother HL-1870N User Guide

CHAPTER 12 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 

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If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application, printer control panel and your 
network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. ARP 
is the simplest method of configuring the print server IP address. The ARP 
command is available on Windows systems that have TCP/IP installed as well as 
Unix systems. To use arp enter the following command at the command prompt: 
 

arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress 

 
Where ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address (MAC address) of the print server 
and ipaddress is the IP address of the print server. For example: 
 
Windows Systems 
 
Windows Systems require the colon ":" character in-between each digit of the 
Ethernet address. 
 

arp -s 192.189.207.2 00:80:77:31:01:07 

 
Unix Systems 
 
Typically, Unix systems require the hash "-" character in-between each digit of 
the Ethernet address. 
 

arp -s 192.189.207.2 00-80-77-31-01-07 

 
You must be on the same Ethernet segment (that is, there cannot be a router 
between the print server and operating system) to use the arp -s command.  
If there is a router, you may use BOOTP or other methods described in this 
chapter to enter the IP address. 
If your Administrator has configured the system to deliver IP addresses 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 cannot 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) the printer control panel (if you have an LCD 
panel) or factory reset the print server (which will then allow you to use the ARP 
command again). 
 

 

To configure the print server and to verify the connection, enter the following 
command ping ipaddress where the ipaddress is the IP address of the print server.  
For example, ping 192.189.207.2.