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
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3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
(Not available for DCP-365CN, DCP-395CN and MFC-295CN) 19
Overview..................................................................................................................................................19
Wireless network terms and concepts .....................................................................................................20
SSID (Service Set Identifier) and channels .......................................................................................20
Authentication and encryption ...........................................................................................................20
Step by step chart for wireless network configuration ............................................................................22
For Infrastructure mode.....................................................................................................................22
For Ad-hoc mode...............................................................................................................................23
Confirm your network environment..........................................................................................................24
Connected to a computer with an access point in the network (Infrastructure mode).......................24
Connected to a wireless capable computer without an access point in the network
(Ad-hoc mode)...............................................................................................................................24
Confirm your wireless network setup method..........................................................................................25
Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard to configure your
wireless network machine .............................................................................................................25
Configuration using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu (Infrastructure mode only) ...............25
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Infrastructure mode only)............26
Configuration using the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your
wireless network machine .............................................................................................................27
Configuring your machine for a wireless network....................................................................................28
Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel .................................................................................28
Using SES, WPS or AOSS from the control panel menu to configure your machine for a
wireless network............................................................................................................................39
Using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Protected Setup™............................................................................44
Using the Brother automatic installer application on the CD-ROM to configure your
machine for a wireless network .........................................................................................................47
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) 48
Configuration in Infrastructure mode .......................................................................................................49
Before configuring the wireless settings............................................................................................49
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................50
Configuration using SES, WPS or AOSS from the control panel menu (Automatic wireless mode) .......57
Before configuring the wireless settings............................................................................................57
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................57
Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode .................................................................................................................62
Before configuring the wireless settings............................................................................................62
Configure the wireless settings..........................................................................................................62