Brother International MFC-J270w Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 22

Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network, Con the wireless, settings typical - user manual

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For Wireless Network Users Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network IMPORTANT You must have the wireless settings you wrote down for your network in step 18 on page 21 before you proceed. 19 Configure the wireless settings (typical Wireless Setup in infrastructure mode) a On your machine, press Menu. Press a or b to choose Network and press OK. Press a or b to choose Setup Wizard and press OK. When Enable WLAN? is displayed, press OK to accept. This will start the wireless setup wizard. To cancel, press Stop/Exit. b The machine will search for available SSIDs. If a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the a or b keys to choose the SSID you wrote down in step 18-a on page 21, then press OK. If you are using an authentication and encryption method that requires a Password (Network Key), go to c. If your authentication method is Open System and your encryption mode is None, go to d. Note It will take several seconds to display a list of available SSIDs. If a list of SSIDs is not displayed, make sure your access point is on. Move your machine closer to the access point and try starting from a again. If your access point is set to not broadcast the SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID name. For details, see the Network User's Guide on the documentation CD-ROM. c Enter the Password (Network Key) you wrote down in step 18-a on page 21 using the dial pad to choose each letter or number. For example, to enter the letter a, press the 2 key on the dial pad once. To enter the number 3, press the 3 key on the dial pad seven times. The letters appear in this order: lower case, upper case and then numbers. You can use the d and c keys to move the cursor left and right. (For more information, see Entering Text for Wireless Settings on page 33.) Press OK when you have entered all the characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your settings. d Your machine will now try to connect to your wireless network using the information you have entered. It may take a few minutes to connect to your wireless network. e A connection result message appears for 60 seconds on the LCD and a wireless LAN report will automatically be printed. If the connection failed, check the error code on the printed report and refer to Troubleshooting on page 24. Wireless setup is now complete. A four level indicator at the top of your machine's LCD will show the wireless signal strength of your access point/router. To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to step 20. For Windows® Users: Now go to Page 26 For Macintosh Users: Now go to Page 30 22

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For Wireless Network Users
Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network
19
Configure the wireless
settings (typical Wireless
Setup in infrastructure
mode)
a
On your machine, press
Menu
.
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Network
and press
OK
.
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Setup Wizard
and
press
OK
.
When
Enable WLAN?
is displayed, press
OK
to accept.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
To cancel, press
Stop/Exit
.
b
The machine will search for available SSIDs. If
a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the
a
or
b
keys
to choose the SSID you wrote down in step
18
-
a
on page 21, then press
OK
. If you are
using an authentication and encryption method
that requires a Password (Network Key),
go to
c
.
If your authentication method is Open System
and your encryption mode is None, go to
d
.
If your access point is set to not broadcast the
SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID
name. For details, see the
Network User’s
Guide
on the documentation CD-ROM.
c
Enter the Password (Network Key) you wrote
down in step
18
-
a
on page 21 using the dial
pad to choose each letter or number.
For example, to enter the letter
a
, press the
2
key on the dial pad once. To enter the number
3
, press the
3
key on the dial pad seven times.
The letters appear in this order: lower case,
upper case and then numbers.
You can use the
d
and
c
keys to move the
cursor left and right.
(For more information, see
Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 33.)
Press
OK
when you have entered all the
characters, then press
1
for
Yes
to apply your
settings.
d
Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered.
It may take a few minutes to connect to your
wireless network.
e
A connection result message appears for
60 seconds on the LCD and a wireless LAN
report will automatically be printed. If the
connection failed, check the error code on the
printed report and refer to
Troubleshooting
on page 24.
Wireless setup is now complete. A four
level indicator at the top of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access
point/router.
To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to
step
20
.
For Windows
®
Users:
Now go to
Page 26
For Macintosh Users:
Now go to
Page 30
IMPORTANT
You must have the wireless settings you
wrote down for your network in step
18
on
page 21 before you proceed.
Note
It will take several seconds to display a list of
available SSIDs.
If a list of SSIDs is not displayed, make sure your
access point is on. Move your machine closer to
the access point and try starting from
a
again.