Wireless configuration for Macintosh
®
using the Brother installer application (MFC-8890DW only)
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Configuration in Ad-hoc mode
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Before configuring the wireless settings
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IMPORTANT
• The following instructions will install your Brother machine in a network environment using the Brother
installer application for Macintosh
®
found on the CD-ROM we have provided with the machine.
• You can also setup your Brother machine using the machine’s control panel which we recommended. See
Configuring your machine for a wireless network (For MFC-8890DW)
•
You must know your wireless network settings before you proceed with this installation.
Make sure you take notes on all the current settings such as SSID, authentication and encryption of your
wireless network environment. If you do not know them, contact your network administrator or the
manufacturer of your access point/router.
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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.
• 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.
• If you are using a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them. Once
you are sure that you can print, configure the software settings following the instructions again.
Item
Example
Record the current wireless network
settings
Communication mode: (Ad-hoc)
Ad-hoc
Network name: (SSID, ESSID)
HELLO
Authentication method: (Open system)
Open system
Encryption mode: (None, WEP)
WEP
Network key: (Encryption key, WEP key
,
Passphrase)
12345
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”
