Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- Overview
- IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways
- Step by step chart
- Setting up the IP address and subnet mask
- Changing the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings
- Using the BRAdmin Professional 3 utility to change the wireless settings (Windows®)
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008) (Not available for DCP models, MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW, MFC-257CW and MFC-295CN)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for DCP-365CN, DCP-395CN and MFC-295CN)
- Overview
- Wireless network terms and concepts
- Step by step chart for wireless network configuration
- Confirm your network environment
- Confirm your wireless network setup method
- Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Infrastructure mode only)
- Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using SES, WPS or AOSS from the control panel menu to configure your machine for a wireless network
- Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™
- Using the Brother automatic installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and MFC-795CW)
- 5 Wireless Configuration for Macintosh using the Brother installer application (For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW, MFC-495CW and MFC-795CW)
- 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
- Setup Wizard (For wireless models)
- SES/WPS/AOSS (For wireless models)
- WPS w/PIN code (For wireless models)
- WLAN Status (For wireless models)
- Ethernet (Not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- MAC Address
- Network I/F (For wireless models, not available for MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- WLAN Enable (For MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Network menu
- 7 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 8 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 9 Network printing from a Macintosh
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for DCP-365CN, DCP-395CN and MFC-295CN)
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h Enter the SSID name. (For information how to enter text, see Entering Text on page 154.)
Press OK.
i Press Ad-hoc or Infrastructure when instructed.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Ad-hoc, go to step k.
If you chose Infrastructure, go to step j.
j Choose and press the Authentication method.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Open System, go to step k.
If you chose Shared Key, go to step l.
If you chose WPA/WPA2-PSK, go to step m.
k Choose and press the Encryption type None or WEP.
Do one of the following:
If you chose None, go to step o.
If you chose WEP, go to step l.
l Enter the WEP key you wrote down in step a on page 36. Press OK. Go to step o. (For information how
to enter text, see Entering Text on page 154.)
m Choose and press the Encryption type, TKIP or AES. Go to step n.
n Enter the WPA key you wrote down in step a on page 36 and press OK. Go to step o. (For information
how to enter text, see Entering Text on page 154.)
o To apply the settings, press Yes. To cancel, press No.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Yes, go to step p.
If you chose No, go back to step g.
p The machine starts to connect to the wireless device you have chosen.
q If your wireless device is connected successfully, the display shows Connected for 60 seconds and
configuration is completed.
If the connection failed, the display shows Connection Fail or Wrong Password for 60 seconds.
Note
• If the LCD displays Wrong Password, the password you entered did not match with your access point.
Verify your network settings collected in step a on page 36, then repeat step e to step o to make sure
you have entered the correct information.
• If the LCD displays Connection Fail, make sure your access point is on, and verify your network
settings collected in step a on page 36.
Temporarily move your machine as close as possible to the access point, repeat step e to step o to make
sure you have entered the correct information.
(See Wireless network troubleshooting on page 136.)