Configure the wireless settings

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

Press Menu, 5, 2, 7. Using

, choose On and press OK.

WLAN Enable

Turn on your computer.

Close any applications running before configuration.

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The opening screen will appear automatically.

If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities.

(For USA)

(For UK)

Note

If this window does not appear, use Windows^® Explorer to run the start.exe program from the root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.

Click Wireless LAN Setup Wizard.

Choose Step by Step install (Recommended) and then click Next.

Choose Without cable (Advanced) and then click Next.

Read the Important Notice. Check the box after you confirm the wireless setting is enabled, and then click Next.

You need to temporarily change your computer’s wireless settings. Follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure you take notes on all the settings such as SSID or channel of your computer. You will need them to return your computer back to its original wireless settings, and then click Next.

Item	Record the current wireless computer settings
Communication mode: (Infrastructure / Ad-hoc)
Channel: (1-14)
Network name: (SSID / ESSID)
Authentication method: (Open system / Shared key / WPA/WPA2-PSK / LEAP)
Encryption mode: (None / WEP / TKIP / AES / CKIP)
Encryption key:

To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer to match the machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Check the box after you confirm these settings, and then click Next.

Note

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If a message to restart your computer appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your computer and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 10 and 11.

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For Windows Vista^® users:

You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer, following the steps below:

(1)	Click Start and then Control Panel.
(2)	Click Network and Internet and then the Network and Sharing Center icon.
(3)	Click Connect to a network.
(4)	You can see the SSID of the wireless printer in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.
(5)	Click Connect Anyway and then Close.
(6)	Click View status of Wireless Network Connection (SETUP).
(7)	Click Details.... and check the Network Connection Details. It may take a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0 to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).

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For Windows^® XP SP2 users:

You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer, following the steps below:

(1)	Click Start and then Control Panel.
(2)	Click the Network and Internet Connections icon.
(3)	Click the Network Connections icon.
(4)	Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.
(5)	You can see the SSID of the wireless printer in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.
(6)	Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0 to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).

Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next. If the list is blank, check if the machine is powered on, and then click Refresh.

Note

The default Node name is ”BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx”.

The wizard will search for wireless networks available from your machine. Choose the Ad-hoc network you wish to associate the machine with, and then click Next.

Note

•	If the list is blank, check if the machine is within range for wireless communication. Then, click Refresh.
•	If your target Ad-hoc network does not appear on the list, you can manually add it by clicking the Add button. Check This is an Ad-hoc network and there is no access point., and then enter the Name (SSID) and the Channel number, and then click Next.

If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue configuration, click OK and go to 16.

If your network is configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. When configuring your Brother wireless machine, you must ensure that it is configured to match the Authentication and Encryption settings of your existing wireless network. Choose the Authentication Method and Encryption Mode from the pull-down list in each setting box. Then enter the Network key and Confirm Network Key, and then click Next.

Note

•	If you want to setup or configure additional WEP key indexes other than WEP key1, click Advanced.
•	If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for your network, contact your network administrator.
•	If the Authentication Method is set to Open System and the Encryption Mode is set to WEP, an error indication will NOT appear if the Network key is incorrect.

Click Next. The settings will be sent to your machine. The settings will remain unchanged if you click Cancel.

Note

If you want to manually enter the IP address settings of your machine, click Change IP Address and enter the necessary IP address settings for your network.

To communicate with the configured wireless device, you must configure your computer to use the same wireless settings. Manually change the wireless settings on your computer to match the machine’s wireless settings shown on this screen. Check the box after you confirm these settings, and then click Next.

(The settings shown on this screen are for example only. Your settings will not be the same.)

Check the box after you confirm that you have completed the wireless settings, and then click Finish.

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.

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