Thanks; I'd encountered similar instructions, but they don't work here. I don't get any prompt no matter what I do, and typing 'access' blind (no prompt or echo) doesn't do anything, either.
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:48:04 +0000 Ron Leach <ronle...@tesco.net> wrote: > On 29/12/2013 20:00, Reco wrote: > > > > So, no luck. Maybe it requires some engineering password first. > > > > I used to have a Brother inkjet MFP, and had also considered a > laser-based MFP. Both the devices I looked at stated, in their > manuals, that Telnet could be used, seemingly in the context of > 'changing' the device's already assigned IP address. (This info was > in the 'advanced users' troubleshooting section, perhaps because > making a mistake when changing an IP address of something being > accessed could lead to problems ... ) > > The manual set out these steps for using Telnet: > > Type TELNET ipaddress at the command prompt. When you are connected, > press Enter to receive the '#' prompt, and enter the password > 'access' (ie, just the letters, not the ' symbols), the password will > not appear on the screen. > > You will be prompted for a user name, enter anything in response. > > You will then get the prompt: > Local> > > Type SET IP ADDRESS ipaddress (ipaddress is the 'new' IP address you > want the printer to have), for example: > > SET IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.3 > > and you can (would need to, actually) set the subnet mask as well with > > SET IP SUBNET subnetmask, for example: > > SET IP SUBNET 255.255.255.0 > > You can set up a gateway address with > > SET IP ROUTER routeraddress, eg: > > SET IP ROUTER 192.168.1.4 > > You can force this static IP setting method to be remembered with > > SET IP METHOD STATIC > > To verify that your settings are correct, you can type > > SHOW IP > > (though this surprises me - at some point, the IP address will have > changed, but the manual does not say when that change occurs. > Hopefully, it only occurs on switch off/on, so that Telnet > connectivity is retained during this process, but I'm not sure.) > > Finally, you can exit the Telnet session with > > EXIT > > It seems that there is a Telnet server on Brother machines, and its > primary use seems to be setting IP addresses, especially after an IP > might have been set by an ARP method (for security, Brother only allow > 'ARP-set method' to take place once, so any IP change away from an IP > set by ARP has to be by another method). > > regards, Ron > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52c16b84.1020...@tesco.net Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131230233519.b829a28d1f1a7edac3672...@gmail.com