Wi-Fi Direct™ Guide

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
Overview....................................................................................................................................................1
Benefits......................................................................................................................................................2
Hardware requirements .............................................................................................................................2
Supported operating systems..............................................................................................................2
Downloading and installing Brother iPrint&Scan .......................................................................................2
For Android™ devices .........................................................................................................................2
For iOS devices ...................................................................................................................................2
For Windows
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Phone devices .............................................................................................................2
2 Configuration methods 3
Determining which method to use when configuring your network for Wi-Fi Direct™...............................3
Configuring your network using Wi-Fi Direct™
(For MFC-J6920DW/6925DW) ...............................................................................................................5
One-push configuration using Wi-Fi Direct™ ......................................................................................5
One-push configuration using WPS ....................................................................................................6
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Direct™ ........................................................................6
Configuration using the PIN Method of WPS ......................................................................................7
Manual configuration for a Wi-Fi Direct™ network ..............................................................................8
Configuring your network using Wi-Fi Direct™
(For MFC-J3520/J3720/J6520DW/J6720DW)......................................................................................10
One-push configuration using Wi-Fi Direct™ ....................................................................................10
One-push configuration using WPS ..................................................................................................11
Configuration using the PIN Method of Wi-Fi Direct™ ......................................................................12
Configuration using the PIN Method of WPS ....................................................................................13
Manual configuration for a Wi-Fi Direct™ network ............................................................................14
3 Troubleshooting 15
Overview..................................................................................................................................................15
Identifying the problem ......................................................................................................................15
4 Glossary 18
Wi-Fi Direct™ network terms...................................................................................................................18
Group Owner (G/O) ...........................................................................................................................18
Device Information.............................................................................................................................18
Status Information .............................................................................................................................18
I/F Enable ..........................................................................................................................................18
Network terms and concepts ...................................................................................................................19
Network terms ...................................................................................................................................19