Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Definitions of notes
- Compilation and publication notice
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Changing your machine’s network settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Overview
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the WPS/AOSS™ control panel menu (Infrastructure mode only) (Recommended)
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the installation CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network (for Infrastructure mode and Ad-hoc mode)
- Using WPS or AOSS™ from the control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Configuring your machine when the SSID is not broadcast
- Using the Brother automatic installer application on the installation CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- 4 Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application
- 5 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Printing the WLAN Report
- Function table and default factory settings
- 6 Web Based Management
- Overview
- How to configure the machine settings using Web Based Management (web browser)
- Secure Function Lock 2.0
- Changing the Scan to FTP configuration using a web browser
- Changing the Scan to Network configuration using a web browser
- Changing the LDAP configuration using a web browser (MFC-J6910DW only)
- 7 LDAP operation (MFC-J6910DW only)
- 8 Internet fax
- 9 Security features
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Index
Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application
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Note
For Ad-hoc setup users:
• If a message to restart your computer appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your
computer and then go back to step c.
• You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer.
(Windows Vista
®
or Windows
®
7)
1 Click and then Control Panel.
2 Click Network and Internet and then Network and Sharing Center icon.
3 Click Connect to a network.
4 You can see the SSID of the wireless Brother machine in the list. Choose SETUP and click Connect.
5 (For Windows Vista
®
only)
Click Connect Anyway and then Close.
6 (Windows Vista
®
)
Click View status of Wireless Network Connection (SETUP).
(Windows
®
7)
Click Wireless Network Connection (SETUP).
7 Click Details... and check the Network Connection Details. It may take a few minutes to change
from 0.0.0.0 to the 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between
1 and 254).
(Windows
®
XP SP2 or greater)
1 Click start and then Control Panel.
2 Click the Network and Internet Connections icon.
3 Click Network Connections icon.
4 Choose and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.
5 You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Choose SETUP and click Connect.
6 Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0.
to the 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).
(Macintosh)
1 Click the AirPort status icon in the menu bar.
2 Select SETUP from the pop-up menu.
3 Your wireless network is connected successfully.