Brother International MFC 845CW Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 33

Install MFL-Pro Suite, Wireless Network Connection

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Windows® Wireless Network Installing the Driver & Software Windows® 11 Press a or b to choose TKIP or AES for Encryption Type and press OK. Enter the WPA/WPA2-PSK password you wrote down in step 1 using the dial pad to choose each letter or number. You can use the and 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, numbers and then special letters. (For more information, see Entering Text on pages 52.) Press OK when you have entered all the characters, then press 1 Yes to apply your settings. Go to step 12. 12 Your machine will now try to connect to your wireless network using the information you have entered. If successful, Connected will appear briefly on the LCD. If your machine does not successfully connect to your network, you should repeat steps 4 to 11 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 the Network User's Guide for details. Wireless setup is now complete. A four level indicator on the bottom of your machine's LCD will show the wireless signal strength of your access point or router. To install the MFL-Pro Software suite, continue to step 13. 13 Turn on your computer. (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.) Close any applications running before installing the MFL-Pro Suite. Note Before installation, if you are using personal firewall software, disable it. 14 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. 15 The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Install MFL-Pro Suite. Note • If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root folder of the Brother CD-ROM. • If you see the following screen, click OK to install the Windows® updates. After the updates are installed your PC may restart. Then the installation will automatically continue. If the installation does not continue automatically, open the main menu again by ejecting then reinserting the CD-ROM disc or double-click the setup.exe program from the root folder, and continue from step 15 to install MFL-Pro Suite. 16 Choose Wireless Network Connection, and then click Next. 31

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Installing the Driver & Software
31
Windows
®
Windows
®
Wireless
Network
11
Press
a
or
b
to choose
TKIP
or
AES
for
Encryption Type
and press
OK
.
Enter the WPA/WPA2-PSK password you
wrote down in step
1
using the dial pad to
choose each letter or number. You can use the
and
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, numbers and then special letters.
(For more information, see
Entering Text
on
pages 52.)
Press
OK
when you have entered all the
characters, then press
1
Yes
to apply your
settings. Go to step
12
.
12
Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered. If successful,
Connected
will
appear briefly on the LCD.
If your machine does not successfully connect
to your network, you should repeat steps
4
to
11
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 the
Network User’s Guide for details.
Wireless setup is now complete. A four
level indicator on the bottom of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access point or
router. To install the MFL-Pro Software
suite, continue to step
13
.
13
Turn on your computer.
(For Windows
®
2000 Professional/XP/
XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be
logged on with Administrator rights.)
Close any applications running before installing
the MFL-Pro Suite.
Note
Before installation, if you are using personal
firewall software, disable it.
14
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.
15
The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click
Install MFL-Pro Suite
.
Note
If this window does not appear, use Windows
®
Explorer to run the
setup.exe
program from the
root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.
If you see the following screen, click
OK
to install
the Windows
®
updates. After the updates are
installed your PC may restart. Then the installation
will automatically continue.
If the installation does not continue automatically,
open the main menu again by ejecting then
reinserting the CD-ROM disc or double-click the
setup.exe
program from the root folder, and
continue from step
15
to install MFL-Pro Suite.
16
Choose
Wireless Network Connection
, and
then click
Next
.