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
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g Using a computer that is on the network, type “http://access point’s IP address/” into your browser.
(Where “access point’s IP address” is the IP address of the device that is used as the Registrar
1
.) Go to
the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) setting page and input the PIN which the LCD shows in f to the
Registrar and follow the on-screen instructions.
1
The Registrar is normally the access point/router.
Note
The setting page is different, depending on the brand of access point/router. See the instruction manual
that came with your access point/router.
If you are using your Windows Vista
®
or Windows
®
7 computer as a Registrar, perform following
instructions.
Note
To use a Windows Vista
®
or Windows
®
7 computer as a Registrar, you need to register it to your network
in advance. See the instruction manual that came with your access point/router.
1 (Windows Vista
®
)
Click , Network, and then Add a wireless device.
(Windows
®
7)
Click , Control Panel, Network and Internet, and then
Add a wireless device to the network.
2 Choose your machine and click Next.
3 Input the PIN from the printed page and then click Next.
4 Choose your network that you want to connect to, and then click Next.
5 Click Close.
h 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 No Access Point or Connection Fail, the machine has not successfully
connected to your router or access point. Try starting from d 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 77.
A Wireless LAN report will also be printed with the connection status. If there is an error code on the
printed report refer to Troubleshooting in the Quick Setup Guide.