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 Macintosh 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 in Infrastructure mode 5
Before configuring the wireless settings 5
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.
• Your Brother machine supports the use of the first WEP KEY only. If you are using a router that is using
more than one WEP KEY enter the KEY used for the first WEP KEY.
• You need to temporarily use an Ethernet cable (not included) during configuration.
• Before configuring your machine we recommend you write down the SSID and Password (if required) for
your wireless network. You will need this information before you continue with the configuration.
Item Record the current wireless network settings
Network name: (SSID/ESSID)
Password