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Overview

The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless (HL-2170W only) Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server provides printing services for Windows® 2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista™, Windows Server® 2003/ 2003 x64 Edition supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh OS® X 10.2.4 or greater supporting TCP/IP. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
Operating Systems
Windows® 2000/XP
Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Vista™
Windows Server® 2003
Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition
Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater
10/100 BASE-TX Wired Ethernet (TCP/IP)
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IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP)1
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Printing
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BRAdmin Light
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BRAdmin Professional2
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Web BRAdmin2
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Internet Printing (IPP)
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Status Monitor
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Driver Deployment Wizard
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IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) is available HL-2170W only.
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BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com
To use the Brother printer on a network, you need to configure the print server in the machine, and set up the computers you use.
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