User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-6490CW
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
- 2 Load plain A4 paper
- 3 Connect the power cord and telephone line
- 4 Install the ink cartridges
- 5 Check the print quality
- 6 Choose a Receive Mode
- 7 Set the LCD contrast (If needed)
- 8 Set the date and time
- 9 Enter personal information (station ID)
- 10 Set tone or pulse dialling mode
- 11 Choose your connection type
- For USB Interface Users (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For USB Interface Users (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- For Wired Network Interface Users (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For Wired Network Interface Users (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- For Wireless Network Interface Users
- 12 Before you begin
- 13 Confirm your network environment (Infrastructure Mode)
- Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network
- Install the Drivers & Software (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- Install the Drivers & Software (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- Install Optional Applications Windows®
- For Network Users
- Consumables
- brother CHN-ENG
- Start Here
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For Wireless Network Users
Wireless Network
h Press a or b to choose TKIP or AES for
Encryption Type? and press OK.
Enter the WPA/WPA2-PSK password you
wrote down in step 13 on page 29 using the
dial pad to choose each letter or number.
You can use the d and c keys to move the
cursor left and right. For example, to enter the
letter a, press the 2 key on the dial pad once.
To enter the number 3, press the 3 key on the
dial pad seven times.
The letters appear in this order: lower case,
upper case and then numbers.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings on page 44.)
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your
settings. Go to i.
i Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered. If successful, Connected will
appear briefly on the LCD.
If your machine does not successfully connect
to your network, verify your network settings
collected in step 13 on page 29 then repeat a
to h to make sure you have entered the correct
information.
If your access point does not have DHCP
enabled you will need to manually configure
the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of
the machine to suit your network. See the
Network User’s Guide for details.
Wireless setup is now complete. A four
level indicator at the top of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access point or
router.
To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to
step 15.
For Windows
®
Users:
Now go to
Page 34
For Mac OS
®
Users:
Now go to
Page 38