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
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)
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Configuration using SES, WPS or AOSS from the control
panel menu (Automatic wireless mode) 4
Before configuring the wireless settings 4
IMPORTANT
• If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine, you must reset the network LAN
settings before you can configure the wireless settings again.
(For DCP-373CW, DCP-375CW, DCP-377CW, MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW)
Press Menu, a or b to choose Network, press OK. Press a or b to choose Network Reset, press OK.
Press 1 or a to reset and then press 1 or a to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.
(For DCP-593CW, DCP-595CW, DCP-597CW and MFC-495CW)
Press Menu, a or b to choose Network, press OK. Press a or b to choose Network Reset, press OK.
Press 1 or + to reset and then press 1 or + to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.
(For MFC-795CW)
Press MENU, a or b to display Network, press Network. Press Network Reset, and choose Yes to
reset and then press Yes for 2 seconds to confirm. The machine will restart automatically.
• If you are using Windows
®
Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, disable
all personal firewall software (other than Windows
®
Firewall), anti-spyware or antivirus applications for the
duration of the configuration. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings
following the instructions again.
Configure the wireless settings 4
a Press Menu.
Press a or b to choose Network, press OK.
Press a or b to choose Network I/F, press OK.
Choose WLAN.
(For Touchscreen models)
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Press MENU. Press Network. Press Network I/F and then press WLAN.
b Turn on your computer.
Close any applications running before you start configuration.
c Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The opening screen will appear automatically. If the
model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your
language.