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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g Using a computer that is on the network, type “http://access point’s IP address/” into your browser.
(Where “access point’s IP address” is the IP address of the device that is used as the Registrar
1
.) Go to
the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup™) setting page and input the PIN which the LCD shows in f to the
Registrar and follow the on-screen instructions.
1
The Registrar is normally the access point/router.
Note
The setting page is different, depending on the brand of access point/router. See the instruction manual
that came with your access point/router.
If you are using your Windows Vista
®
computer as a Registrar, perform following instructions.
Note
To use a Windows Vista
®
computer as a Registrar, you need to register it to your network in advance. See
the instruction manual that came with your access point/router.
1 Click and then Network.
2 Click Add a wireless device.
3 Choose your machine and click Next.
4 Input the PIN from the printed page and then click Next.
5 Choose your network that you want to connect to, and then click Next.
6 Click Close.
h If the LCD shows Connected, the machine has successfully connected to your router or access point.
You can now use your machine in a wireless network.
If the LCD shows No Access Point or Connection Fail, the machine has not successfully
connected to your router or access point. Try starting from d again. If the same message is indicated
again, reset the machine back to the default factory settings and try again. For resetting, see Restoring
the network settings to factory default on page 114.
(Windows
®
)
You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers
and software necessary for operating your device, please choose Install MFL-Pro Suite or
Initial Installation / Install MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM menu.
(Macintosh)
You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers
and software necessary for operating your device, please choose Start Here OSX from the
CD-ROM menu.