User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Online User's Guide ADS-1200/ADS-1250W/ADS-1700W
- Table of Contents
- Before You Use Your Brother Machine
- Introduction to Your Brother Machine
- Paper Handling
- Scan
- Before Scanning
- Scan Using Bus Power Mode
- Scan Using the Scan Functions on Your Brother Machine
- Save Scanned Documents on Your Computer
- Save Scanned Documents Using Scan to Workflow Function
- Save Scanned Documents to a USB Flash Drive
- Send Scanned Data to an Email Server
- Set Up the Address Book
- Scan to FTP
- Scan to SFTP
- Scan to Network
- Web Services for Scanning on Your Network (Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10)
- Scan Options Using the Touchscreen
- Restrict Scan Functions from External Devices
- Scan from Your Computer (Windows)
- Scan from Your Computer (Mac)
- Network
- Supported Basic Network Features
- Network Management Software and Utilities
- Additional Methods of Configuring Your Brother Machine for a Wireless Network
- Before Configuring Your Brother Machine for a Wireless Network
- Configure Your Machine for a Wireless Network Using the One-Push Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)
- Configure Your Machine for a Wireless Network Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)
- Configure Your Machine for a Wireless Network Using the Machine's Control Panel Setup Wizard
- Use Wi-Fi Direct®
- Scan from Your Mobile Device Using Wi-Fi Direct
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network
- Wi-Fi Direct Network Configuration Overview
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network Using the One-Push Method
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network Using the One-Push Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network Using the PIN Method
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)
- Configure Your Wi-Fi Direct Network Manually
- Use Wireless Direct
- Advanced Network Features
- Technical Information for Advanced Users
- Security
- Lock the Machine Settings
- Network Security Features
- Secure Function Lock 3.0
- Manage Your Network Machine Securely Using SSL/TLS
- Certificates and Web Based Management
- Send an Email Securely
- Brother iPrint&Scan for Windows and Mac
- Troubleshooting
- Routine Maintenance
- Machine Settings
- Appendix
Home > Troubleshooting > If You Are Having Difficulty with Your Machine > Network Problems > Your
Scanner Cannot Be Detected on the Network During Installation
Your Scanner Cannot Be Detected on the Network During Installation
Related Models: ADS-1250W/ADS-1700W
Cause Action
Your computer is not connected to
the network.
Make sure your computer is connected to a network, for example, a Wireless
LAN environment or has Internet access. For further support, contact your
network administrator.
Your machine is not connected to
the network.
• ADS-1250W
If the Wi-Fi light on the Control Panel does not light up, the LEDs will indicate
an error status. Make a note of the error status and then correct the error.
See Related Information:Error and Maintenance Indications.
• ADS-1700W
Press Settings > Network > WLAN > WLAN Status > Status. If the
LCD displays Connection Failed, ask your network administrator whether
your IP address is valid or not.
You use security software.
• In the installer dialog box, search for the Brother machine again.
• Allow access when the alert message of the security software appears during
the Brother Device installation.
• The following port numbers are used for Brother network features:
- Network scanning, Remote Setup
Port number 5566/Protocol TCP
- Network scanning (Brother iPrint&Scan)
Port number 54921/Protocol TCP
- BRAdmin Light
Port number 161/Protocol UDP
• For more information about security software, see Related Information: Your
Brother Machine Cannot Scan over the Network .
You use a Wi-Fi router.
The privacy separator on your Wi-Fi router may be enabled. Disable the privacy
separator.
Your Brother machine is placed
too far from the Wireless access
point/router.
Place your Brother machine within about 3.3 feet (1 meter) of the Wireless
access point/router when you configure the wireless network settings.
There are some obstructions
(walls or furniture, for example)
between your machine and the
Wireless access point/router.
Move your Brother machine to an obstruction-free area, or closer to the Wireless
access point/router.
There is a wireless computer,
Bluetooth-supported device,
microwave oven, or digital
cordless phone near the Brother
machine or the Wireless access
point/router.
Move all the devices away from the Brother machine or Wireless access point/
router.
Related Information
• Network Problems
• Your Brother Machine Cannot Scan over the Network
• If You Want to Check that Your Network Devices are Working Correctly
• Error and Maintenance Indications
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