Configure your machine for a wireless network

IMPORTANT

•	If you are going to connect your Brother machine to your network, we recommend that you contact your system administrator prior to installation. You must know your wireless network settings before you proceed with this installation.
•	If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine, you must reset the network LAN settings before you can configure the wireless settings again. Press Menu, 7, 0 for Network Reset, press 1 for Reset and then choose 1 for Yes to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.

Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel

You can configure your Brother machine by using the Setup Wizard function. This is located in the Network menu on the machine’s control panel. See to the steps below for further information.

Write down the wireless network settings of your access point or wireless router. If you do not know them, contact your network administrator or the manufacture of your access point/router.

Check and record the current wireless network settings.

Network name:(SSID, ESSID)

Communication Mode	Authentication method	Encryption mode	Network key⁴
Infrastructure	Open system	WEP²
	Open system	NONE	—
	Shared key	WEP²
	WPA/WPA2-PSK¹	AES
	WPA/WPA2-PSK¹	TKIP³
	LEAP	CKIP
	EAP-FAST/NONE EAP-FAST/MS-CHAPv2 EAP-FAST/GTC	AES
	EAP-FAST/NONE EAP-FAST/MS-CHAPv2 EAP-FAST/GTC	TKIP
Ad-hoc	Open system	WEP²
Ad-hoc	Open system	NONE	—

WPA/WPA2-PSK is a Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key, which lets the Brother wireless machine associate with access points using TKIP or AES encryption (WPA-Personal). WPA2-PSK (AES) and WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES) uses a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that is 8 or more characters in length, up to a maximum of 63 characters.

The WEP key is for 64-bit encrypted networks or 128-bit encrypted networks and can contain both numbers and letters. If you do not know this information you should see the documentation provided with your access point or wireless router. This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or HEXADECIMAL format.

	For example:
	64-bit ASCII:	Uses 5 text characters e.g. “Hello” (this is case sensitive)
	64-bit Hexadecimal:	Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data e.g. “71f2234aba”
	128-bit ASCII:	Uses 13 text characters e.g.
		“Wirelesscomms” (this is case sensitive)
	128-bit Hexadecimal:	Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data
		e.g.“71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa3ba”

This is supported for WPA-PSK only.

⁴

Encryption key, WEP key, Passphrase. For LEAP and EAP-FAST, record the Name and Password.

For example:

Network name:(SSID, ESSID)
HELLO

Communication Mode	Authentication method	Encryption mode	Network key
Infrastructure	WPA2-PSK	AES	12345678

Plug the machine’s power cord into the AC power outlet. Turn on the machine’s power switch.

Press Menu on the control panel of the Brother machine.

Press

to choose Network.

Press OK.

Press

to choose WLAN.

Press OK.

Press

to choose Setup Wizard.

Press OK.

If the following message appears, press

to choose On and press OK. The wired network interface will become inactive with this setting.

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WLAN Enable ?

Off

Select

or OK

The machine will search for your network and display a list of available SSIDs. You should see the SSID you wrote down earlier. If the machine finds more than one network use the

keys to choose your network, then press OK. Go to step 12.

If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID name. Go to step 9.

Choose <New SSID> using

Press OK. Go to step 10.

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SSID

Select

or OK

Enter a new SSID name. (To manually enter the text, see Entering Text.)

Press OK.

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SSID:

Enter & OK Key

Press

to choose Infrastructure.

Press OK. Go to step 12.

If you chose Ad-hoc, go to step 13.

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Mode Select

Ad-hoc

Infrastructure

Select

or OK

Choose the Authentication method using

, and press OK.

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Auth. Select

Open System

Shared Key

Select

or OK

If you chose Open System, go to step 13.

If you chose Shared Key, go to step 14.

If you chose WPA/WPA2-PSK, go to step 17.

If you chose LEAP, go to step 18.

If you chose EAP-FAST/NONE, EAP-FAST/MSCHAP¹ or EAP-FAST/GTC, go to step 17.

¹	Shown on the LCD as EAP-FAST/MSCHAPv2.

Choose the Encryption type, None or WEP using

, and press OK.

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Encryption Type?

None

WEP

Select

or OK

If you chose None, go to step 20.

If you chose WEP, go to step 14.

Choose the key option; KEY1, KEY2, KEY3, KEY4 using

, and press OK.

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WEP key

KEY1:xxxxxx

KEY2:

Select

or OK

If you chose the key which shows **********, go to step 15.

If you chose a blank key, go to step 16.

If you want to change the key you chose in step 14, press

to choose Change. Press OK. Go to step 16.

If you want to keep the key you chose in step 14, press

to choose Keep. Press OK. Go to step 20.

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KEY1:xxxxxx

1.Change

2.Keep

Select

or OK

Enter a new WEP key. Press OK. Go to step 20. (To manually enter the text, see Entering Text.)

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WEP:

Enter & OK Key

Choose the Encryption type, TKIP or AES using

. Press OK.

If you have chosen WPA/WPA2-PSK in step 12, go to step 19.

If you have chosen EAP-FAST in step 12, go to step 18.

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Encryption Type?

TKIP

AES

Select

or OK

Enter the user name and press OK. Go to step 19. (To manually enter the text, see Entering Text.)

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USER:

Enter & OK Key

Enter the password and press OK. Go to step 20. (To manually enter the text, see Entering Text.)

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PASS:

Enter & OK Key

To apply the settings, choose Yes. To cancel, choose No.

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Apply Settings?

1.Yes

2.No

Select

or OK

If you chose Yes, go to step 21.

If you chose No, go back to step 8.

The machine starts to connect to the wireless device you have chosen.

If your wireless device is connected successfully, the display shows Connected for one minute and configuration is completed.

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Connected

If the connection failed, the display shows Connection Fail for one minute. See Wireless network troubleshooting (MFC-8890DW only).

(Windows^®)

You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, please choose Install MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM menu.

(Macintosh)

You have completed the wireless network setup. If you would like to continue installing drivers and software necessary for operating your device, please choose Start Here OSX from the CD-ROM menu.

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