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
- 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 utility to change the wireless settings (For Windows®)
- Using the Remote Setup to change the print server settings (Not available for DCP models)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 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
- 4 Wireless configuration for Windows® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 5 Wireless Configuration for Macintosh® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- 6 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- TCP/IP
- Setup Misc. (MFC-5490CN only)
- Setup Wizard (wireless network only)
- SES/WPS/AOSS (wireless network only)
- WPS w/PIN code (wireless network only)
- WLAN Status (wireless network only)
- Ethernet (wired network only)
- E-mail/I-FAX (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Scan to FTP (For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
- Scan to FTP (For MFC-6890CDW)
- Time Zone (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Network I/F (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
- LDAP (For MFC-6890CDW)
- 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 LDAP operation (For MFC-6890CDW)
- 11 Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Internet fax overview
- Getting connected
- Control panel key functions
- Sending an Internet fax
- Manually entering text
- Receiving E-mail or Internet fax
- Receiving an Internet fax to your computer
- Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages
- Relay broadcasting
- TX Verification Mail
- Setup Mail TX
- Setup Mail RX
- Error mail
- Important information on Internet fax
- Scan to E-mail Server overview (MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- Internet fax overview
- 12 Security features (For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
- 13 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index
Wireless configuration for Windows
®
using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
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Configuration in Ad-hoc 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. Use Menu, a or b to choose Network, press
OK. Press a or b to choose Factory Reset, press OK. Choose Yes to accept the change. For
Touchscreen models, press MENU, Network, a or b to display Factory Reset then press
Factory Reset, and choose Yes to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.
• If you are using Windows
®
Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications,
temporarily disable them. Once you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following
the instructions again.
Configure the wireless settings 4
a Turn on the machine by plugging in the power cord.
b 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.
c Turn on your computer.
Close any applications running before configuration.
d 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.
Item Example Record the current wireless network settings
Communication mode: (Ad-hoc) Ad-hoc
Network name: (SSID / ESSID) HELLO
Authentication method:
(Open system)
Open system
Encryption mode:
(None / WEP)
WEP
Network key: (Encryption key, WEP key) 12345