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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l 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 Connection Error, a session overlap has been detected. The machine has
detected more than one access point/router on your network with the SecureEasySetup™ mode, the
Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ mode or AOSS™ mode enabled. Make sure that only one access point/router
has the SecureEasySetup™ mode, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ mode or the AOSS™ mode enabled
and try starting from i again.
If the LCD shows No Access Point, the machine has not detected your access point/router on your
network with the SecureEasySetup™ mode, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ mode or AOSS™ mode
enabled. Move the machine closer to your access point/router and try starting from i again.
If the LCD shows Connection Fail, the machine has not successfully connected to your access
point/router. Try starting from i 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.)
LCD messages when using the SES/WPS/AOSS control panel menu
LCD shows Connection status Action
Setting WLAN
Searching or accessing the access point,
and downloading settings from the access
point.
—
Connecting SES
Connecting WPS
Connecting AOSS
Connecting to the access point. —
Connected Connection succeeded. —
Connection Error Session overlap has been detected.
Check that only one router or access
point has the SecureEasySetup™
mode, the Wi-Fi Protected Setup™
mode or AOSS™ mode enabled and try
starting from step i again.
No Access Point The access point detection failed.
Move the machine closer to your
access point/router and try starting from
step i again.
Connection Fail
The machine was not able to connect with
the access point.
Try starting from step i again.
If the same message reappears,
reset the machine back to the
factory settings and try again.