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Before using the Brother software
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Firewall settings on your PC may reject the necessary network connection for network printing, network
scanning and PC Fax. If you are using the Windows
®
Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the
CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. If you did not install from the CD-ROM
follow the instructions below to configure your Windows Firewall. If you are using any other personal Firewall
software, see the
User’s Guide
for your software or contact the software manufacturer.
UDP Port number information for Firewall configuration
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Add Port number 137 if you still have trouble with your network connection after you added port 54925 and 54926. Port number 137 also supports
printing and Remote Setup over the network.
Windows
®
XP SP2
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a
Click the
Start
button,
Control Panel
,
Network and Internet Connection
and then
Windows Firewall
.
Make sure that
Windows Firewall
on the
General
tab is set to
On
.
b
Click the
Advanced
tab and
Settings...
button of Network Connection Settings.
c
Click the
Add
button.
d
Add port
54925
for network scanning by entering the information below:
1 In
Description of service:
Enter any description, for example "Brother Scanner".
2 In
Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting this service on your
network:
Enter "Localhost".
Firewall settings (For Network users)
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UDP Port
Network Scanning
Network PC-Fax
Network Scanning and
Network PC-Fax
External Port number
54925
54926
137
Internal Port number
54925
54926
137