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Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network - brothers 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 29 before you proceed. 19 Configure the wireless settings (typical Wireless Setup in infrastructure mode) a On your machine, press Menu. Press 5 to choose 5.Network. Press 2 to choose 2.Setup Wizard. When WLAN Enable ? is displayed, press 1 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 29, then press OK. If you are using an authentication and encryption method that requires a password, 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 CD-ROM. c Enter the Password you wrote down in step 18-a on page 29 using the dial pad to choose each letter or number. You can use the d and c keys to move the cursor left and right. 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. 30 The letters appear in this order: lower case, upper case and then numbers. (For more information, see Entering Text for Wireless Settings (MFC-255CW only) on page 43.) Press OK when you have entered all the characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your settings. Go to d. d Your machine will now try to connect to your wireless network using the information you have entered. If successful, Connected will appear for 60 seconds on the LCD. It may take a few minutes to connect to your wireless network. Note If the LCD displays Wrong Password, the password you entered did not match with your access point. Verify your network settings collected in step 18-a on page 29, then repeat a to c to make sure you have entered the correct information. If the LCD displays Connection Fail, make sure your access point is on, and verify your network settings collected in step 18-a on page 29. Temporarily move your machine as close as possible to the access point, then repeat a to c to make sure you have entered the correct information. If your access point does not have DHCP enabled you will need to manually configure the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the machine to suit your network. See Chapter 6 of the Network User's Guide for details. e Press OK. Wireless setup is now complete. To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to step 20. For Windows® Users: Now go to Page 33 For Macintosh Users: Now go to Page 37

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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
5
to choose
5.Network
.
Press
2
to choose
2.Setup Wizard
.
When
WLAN Enable ?
is displayed, press
1
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 29, then press
OK
. If you
are using an authentication and encryption
method that requires a password, 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 CD-ROM.
c
Enter the Password you wrote down in
step
18
-
a
on page 29 using the dial pad to
choose each letter or number.
You can use the
d
and
c
keys to move the
cursor left and right. 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.
(For more information, see
Entering Text for
Wireless Settings (MFC-255CW only)
on page 43.)
Press
OK
when you have entered all the
characters, then press
1
for
Yes
to apply your
settings. Go to
d
.
d
Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered. If successful,
Connected
will
appear for 60 seconds on the LCD.
It may take a few minutes to connect to your
wireless network.
e
Press
OK
.
Wireless setup is now complete.
To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to
step
20
.
For Windows
®
Users:
Now go to
Page 33
For Macintosh Users:
Now go to
Page 37
IMPORTANT
You must have the wireless settings you
wrote down for your network in step
18
on
page 29 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.
Note
If the LCD displays
Wrong Password
, the
password you entered did not match with your
access point. Verify your network settings
collected in step
18
-
a
on page 29, then repeat
a
to
c
to make sure you have entered the correct
information.
If the LCD displays
Connection Fail
, make
sure your access point is on, and verify your
network settings collected in step
18
-
a
on
page 29.
Temporarily move your machine as close as
possible to the access point, then repeat
a
to
c
to
make sure you have entered the correct
information.
If your access point does not have DHCP enabled
you will need to manually configure the IP
address, subnet mask and gateway of the
machine to suit your network. See
Chapter 6
of
the
Network User’s Guide
for details.