| 1 | Turn on the machine by plugging in the power cord. |
| 2 | Press Menu, 7, 2, 6. Using  or  , choose On and press OK. 72.WLAN  6.WLAN Enable On Off |
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| 3 | Turn on your computer.  Note | | Before configuration, if you are using Personal Firewall software, disable it. Once you are sure that you can print after the installation, restart your Personal Firewall software. |
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| 4 | Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language. |
| 5 | The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install Other Drivers or Utilities. 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. |
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| 6 | Click Wireless LAN Setup Wizard. |
| 7 | Read the Important Notice and click Next. |
| 8 | Choose Manual and then click Next. |
| 9 | For configuration, it is recommended that you temporarily connect your Brother wireless device directly to a free port on your access point, hub or router using a network cable. | • | If you can temporarily connect with a network cable:
Choose I’m able to temporarily connect my device to my access point with a network cable and then click Next.
| | • | If you do not have a network cable or cannot temporarily connect the Brother wireless device to your access point:
Choose I’m not able to connect my device to my access point with a network cable and then click Next.
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| 10 | Connect the Brother wireless device to your access point using a network cable and click Next. Go to 14 |
| 11 | If you choose This computer has wireless capability., check I am using an access point in infrastructure mode, and then click Next. Go to 12If you are using a wired computer, choose This computer uses a network cable to connect to the wireless network., you must configure the wireless settings from the control panel. Click Finish and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. See Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel. |
| 12 | You need to temporarily change your computer’s wireless settings. Please follow the on-screen instructions. Please 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. Item | Record the current wireless computer settings | Communication mode:
(Infrastructure/Ad-hoc) | | Channel:
| | Network name: (SSID/ESSID)
| | Authentication method:
(Open system/Shared key/WPA-PSK/WPA-PSK2/LEAP) | | Encryption:
(None/WEP/TKIP/AES/CKIP) | | Encryption key:
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| 13 | To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer to match machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Click Next. Note | • | 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 11, 12 and 13. | | • | 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 Network and Sharing Center icon. | | (3) | Click Connect to a network. | | (4) | You can see the SSID of the wireless machine in the list. Choose 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). |
| | • | 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 Network and Internet Connections icon. | | (3) | Click Network Connections icon. | | (4) | Choose and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks. | | (5) | You can see the SSID of the wireless machine in the list. Choose 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). |
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| 14 | The following list appears. If the list is blank, check if the access point and the machine are powered on, and then click Refresh. Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next. Note | | The default node name of the NC-xxxx (where “xxxx” is your model name) is ”BRNxxxxxx” or “BRWxxxxxx” (where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address). |
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| 15 | The wizard will search for wireless networks available from your machine. Choose the access point you wish to associate the machine with, and then click Next. Note | • | If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID you can manually add it by clicking the Add button. Follow the on-screen instructions for entering the Name (SSID) and the Channel number. | | • | If the list is blank, check that the access point has power and is broadcasting the SSID, and then see if the machine and the access point are within range for wireless communication. Then, click Refresh. | | • | "SETUP" is the default SSID of the machine. Do not choose this SSID. |
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| 16 | If your network is not configured for Authentication and Encryption, the following screen will appear. To continue configuration, click OK and go to 18. |
| 17 | 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-downs in each setting box. Then enter the Network key and click Next. Note | • | If you want to set more than one WEP key, click Advanced. | | • | If you do not know the Authentication or Encryption settings for network, contact your network administrator. |
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| 18 | 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. |
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| 19 | Follow the on-screen instructions. | • | If you chose I’m able to temporarily connect my device to my access point with a network cable in 9: Disconnect the network cable between your access point (hub or router) and the machine, and click Next. Go to 20. | | • | If you chose This computer has wireless capability in 11: Using the information you recorded in 12, return the wireless settings of your computer back to their original settings. Click Next. |
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| 20 | You have completed the wireless setup. Click Finish. 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. |
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