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
Configuring your machine for a wireless network
30
3
c Press a or b to choose Network.
Press OK.
d For DCP-J715W, MFC-J615W and MFC-J630W
Press a or b to choose WLAN.
Press OK.
e Press a or b to choose Setup Wizard.
Press OK.
f When Enable WLAN? or Network I/F switched to Wireless. is displayed, press OK to
accept.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
To cancel, press Stop/Exit.
g The machine will search for your network and display a list of available SSIDs.
Choose <New SSID> using a or b.
Press OK.
h Enter the SSID name. (For information how to enter text, see Entering Text on page 112.)
Press OK.
i Using a or b, choose Ad-hoc or Infrastructure when instructed.
Press OK.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Ad-hoc, go to step k.
If you chose Infrastructure, go to step j.
j Choose the Authentication method using a or b, and press OK.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Open System, go to step k.
If you chose Shared Key, go to step l.
If you chose WPA/WPA2-PSK, go to step m.
k Choose the Encryption type None or WEP using a or b, and press OK.
Do one of the following:
If you chose None, go to step o.
If you chose WEP, go to step l.
l Enter the WEP key you wrote down in step a on page 29. Press OK. Go to step o. (For information
how to enter text, see Entering Text on page 112.)
m Choose the Encryption type, TKIP or AES using a or b. Press OK. Go to step n.
n Enter the WPA key you wrote down in step a on page 29 and press OK. Go to step o. (For information
how to enter text, see Entering Text on page 112.)
o To apply the settings, choose Yes. To cancel, choose No.
Do one of the following:
If you chose Yes, go to step p.
If you chose No, go back to step g.