Configuring 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, 5, 0 for Factory Reset, Reset and choose 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 LAN 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.

•	SSID (Service Set ID or Network name)
•	WEP key (if needed)
•	WPA-PSK password (if needed)
•	WPA-PSK encryption (TKIP or AES)
•	LEAP user name (if needed)
•	LEAP password

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 LAN.

Press OK.

Select

or OK

5.LAN

Press

to choose WLAN.

Press OK.

LAN

2.WLAN

Press

to choose Setup Wizard.

Press OK.

WLAN

2.Setup Wizard

If the following message appears, press 1 to choose On. The wired network interface will become inactive with this setting.

WLAN Enable ?

1.On 2.Off

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

key to choose your network, then press OK. Go to 12.

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

Choose <New SSID> using

Press OK. Go to 10.

Select SSID&Set

Enter a new SSID. (For information how to type text, see Entering Text.)

Press OK.

SSID:

Press

to choose Infrastructure.

Press OK. Go to 12

If you chose Ad-hoc, go to 13.

Mode Select

Infrastructure

Choose the Authentication method using

, and press OK.

Auth. Select

Open System

If you chose Open System, go to 13.

If you chose Shared Key, go to 14.

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

If you chose LEAP, go to 18.

Choose the Encryption type, None or WEP using

, and press OK.

Encryption Type?

None

If you chose None, go to 20.

If you chose WEP, go to 14.

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

, and press OK.

Set WEP KEY

KEY1:

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

If you chose a blank key, go to 16.

If you want to change the key you chose in 14, press 1 to choose Change. Press OK. Go to 16.

If you want to keep the key you chose in 14, press 2 to choose Keep. Press OK. Go to 20.

KEY1:***********

1.Change 2.Keep

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

WEP:

Choose the Encryption type, TKIP or AES using

. Press OK. Go to 19.

Encryption Type?

TKIP

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

USER:

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

PASS:

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

Apply Settings?

1.Yes 2.No

If you chose Yes, go to 21.

If you chose No, go back to 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.

Connected

If the connection failed, the display shows Connection NG or Connection error for one minute. See Wireless network troubleshooting.

(For 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 CD-ROM menu.

(For 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 CD-ROM menu.

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