Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For MFC-8890DW)
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Configure your machine for a wireless network
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IMPORTANT
• If you are going to connect your Brother machine to your network, we recommend that you contact your
system administrator prior to installation.
You must know your wireless network settings before you
proceed with this installation.
• If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine, you must reset the network LAN
settings before you can configure the wireless settings again. Press
Menu
,
7
,
0
for
Network Reset
,
press
1
for
Reset
and then choose
1
for
Yes
to accept the change. The machine will restart automatically.
Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel
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You can configure your Brother machine by using the
Setup Wizard
function. This is located in the
Network
menu on the machine’s control panel. See to the steps below for further information.
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Write down the wireless network settings of your access point or wireless router. If you do not know them,
contact your network administrator or the manufacture of your access point/router.
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WPA/WPA2-PSK is a Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key, which lets the Brother wireless machine associate with access points using
TKIP or AES encryption (WPA-Personal). WPA/WPA2-PSK (TKIP or AES) uses a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that is 8 or more characters in
length, up to a maximum of 63 characters.
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The WEP key is for 64-bit encrypted networks or 128-bit encrypted networks and can contain both numbers and letters. If you do not know
this information you should see the documentation provided with your access point or wireless router. This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value
that must be entered in an ASCII or HEXADECIMAL format.
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Example
Record the current wireless network settings
Communication mode: (Infrastructure)
Infrastructure
Network name: (SSID, ESSID)
HELLO
Authentication method:
(Open system, Shared key, WPA-PSK
WPA2-PSK
, LEAP, EAP-FAST)
WPA2-PSK
Encryption mode:
(None, WEP,TKIP, AES, CKIP)
AES
Network key:
(Encryption key, WEP key
Passphrase)
12345678
For example:
64-bit ASCII:
Uses 5 text characters e.g. “Hello” (this is case sensitive)
64-bit Hexadecimal:
Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data e.g. “71f2234aba”
128-bit ASCII:
Uses 13 text characters e.g.
“Wirelesscomms” (this is case sensitive)
128-bit Hexadecimal:
Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data
e.g.“71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa3ba”
