Network User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
- Applicable models
 - Definitions of notes
 - Compilation and publication notice
 - IMPORTANT NOTE
 - Table of Contents
 - 1 Introduction
 - 2 Changing your machine’s network settings
 - 3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
- Overview
 - Confirm your network environment
 - Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable
 - Wireless configuration temporarily using an Ethernet cable (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW and DCP-J925DW)
 - One push configuration using Wi-Fi Protected Setup or AOSS™
 - Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard
 - Configuration in Ad-hoc Mode
 
 - 4 Control panel setup
- Network menu
 - Restoring the network settings to factory default
 - Printing the Network Configuration Report
 - Printing the WLAN Report
 - Function table and default factory settings
 
 - 5 Web Based Management (MFC-J5910DW only)
 - 6 Internet fax (MFC-J5910DW only)
 - 7 Security features (MFC-J5910DW only)
 - 8 Troubleshooting
 - Appendix A
 - Index
 
 
Troubleshooting 
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Is your Brother machine 
assigned with an available 
IP address?
(Continued)
wired/ 
wireless
1 (Windows
®
XP, Windows Server
®
2003/2008) 
Click the Start button, All Programs, Accessories and 
Windows Explorer, and then My Computer.
(Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7) 
Click the   button and Computer.
2 Double-click Local Disk (C:), Program Files or Program Files (x86), 
Browny02, Brother, BrotherNetTool.exe to run the program.
Note
If the User Account Control screen appears, 
(Windows Vista
®
) Click Continue. 
(Windows
®
7) Click Yes.
3 Follow the on screen instructions.
4 Check the diagnosis by printing the Network Configuration Report.
Note
The Network Connection Repair Tool will start automatically if you check 
the Enable Network Connection Repair Tool box using the Status 
Monitor. Right-click on the Status Monitor screen, click Options, Details 
and then click the Diagnostic tab. This is not recommended when your 
network administrator has set the IP address to static, since it will 
automatically change the IP address.
If the correct IP address and Subnet mask are still not assigned even after 
using the Network Connection Repair Tool, ask the network administrator 
for this information, or visit the Brother Solutions Center at 
http://solutions.brother.com/
.
Did your previous printing 
job fail?
wired/ 
wireless
 If the failed printing job is still in your computer’s print queue, delete it.
 Double-click the printer icon in the following folder and then choose the 
Cancel All Documents in the Printer menu:
(Windows
®
XP)
Start and Printers and Faxes.
(Windows Vista
®
)
, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound and then Printers.
(Windows
®
7)
, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Devices and Printers and 
then Printers and Faxes.
The Brother machine cannot print or scan over the network. 
The Brother machine is not found on the network even after successful installation. (continued)
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