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Connect your Brother machine to your mobile device via a wireless router or access point.
Follow the steps below to setup a Brother machine on a wireless (Wi-Fi) network with wireless access point/router.
- Preparation before configuring the settings
- Configure the Brother machine
- Configure the mobile device
1. Preparation before configuring the settings
Verify the network name (SSID) and network key (password) of your wireless access point/router. You will need this information later.
Write down the network name (SSID) and network key (password).
After verifying the network information of your wireless access point/router, go to the next step.
2. Configure the Brother machine
- Press Menu. Press the Up or Down arrow key to display Network and press Network.
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to display WLAN and press WLAN. (This step might be skipped in some models.)
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to display Setup Wizard and press Setup Wizard.
- When Switch Network interface to wireless? or Network I/F switched to Wireless. or Enable WLAN? is displayed, press Yes to accept. This will start the wireless setup wizard.
- The machine will search for your network and display a list of available SSIDs. If a list of SSIDs is displayed, select the SSID you wrote down earlier.
- If the machine asks to use WPS, press No.
- Enter the network key (password) you wrote down earlier.
- Press OK.
- Press Yes to apply your settings.
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The machine starts to connect the wireless device you have selected. A connection result message appears on the machine’s display and a WLAN report will automatically be printed.
If the connection failed, check the error code on the printed report.
> Click here to see details of the WLAN report.
3. Configure the mobile device
Follow the steps below to setup your mobile device.
Android™
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Tap the Settings icon.
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Tap Wi-Fi.
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If your Wi-Fi is turned Off, turn it On.
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Find the SSID you wrote down earlier, and then tap it.
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Enter the network key (password) you wrote down earlier, and then tap CONNECT.
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The wireless connection setup is complete if Connected appears under the SSID name selected earlier.
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Download Brother iPrint&Scan to your mobile device.
You can download Brother iPrint&Scan from Google Play™ for free.
> Click here to go to Google Play™.
iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad)
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Tap the Settings icon.
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Tap Wi-Fi.
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If your Wi-Fi is turned Off, turn it On.
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Find the SSID you wrote down earlier, and then tap it.
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Enter the network key (password) you wrote down earlier, and then tap Join.
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The wireless connection setup is complete if a check mark appears next to the SSID name selected earlier.
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Download Brother iPrint&Scan to your mobile device.
You can download Brother iPrint&Scan from the App Store for free.
> Click here to go to the Apple App Store.
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