Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes
- Compilation and publication notice
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- Brother numbers
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only)
- 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 (MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W only) (Not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008)
- Using the control panel to change the print server settings
- 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- 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 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 installation CD-ROM to configure your wireless network machine
- Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
- Using 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 installation CD-ROM to configure your machine for a wireless network
- 4 Wireless configuration using the Brother installer application
- 5 Control panel setup
- Network menu
- Restoring the network settings to factory default
- Printing the Network Configuration List
- Printing the WLAN Report
- 6 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only)
- 7 Network printing from Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
- 8 Network printing from a Macintosh
- 9 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Index
Troubleshooting
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9
I want to check my network devices are working properly.
Question Interface Solution
Is your Brother machine,
access point/router or
network hub turned on?
wired/
wireless
Make sure you have confirmed all instructions in Make sure that the
following items are configured before reading this chapter. on page 94.
Where can I find the
machine's network settings,
such as IP address?
wired/
wireless
Printing the Network Configuration List. See Printing the Network
Configuration List on page 78.
Check the Link Status in
the Network Configuration
List.
wired/
wireless
Printing the Network Configuration List and check that
Ethernet Link Status or Wireless Link Status is Link OK.
If the Link Status shows Link Down or Failed to Associate, start over
again from the Make sure that the following items are configured before
reading this chapter. on page 94.
Is the Brother machine
connecting to the wireless
network?
wireless Print the WLAN Report to confirm the state of a wireless connection. (For
how to print, see Printing the WLAN Report on page 79.)
If there is an error code on the printed WLAN report see Troubleshooting in
the Quick Setup Guide.