Re: Undocumented telnet access to Brother HL-2280DW
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 <ronleach@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
>
>
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