Brother MFC-685CW - Manual (Page 60)

Wireless Configuration for Windows ®
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k To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on
your PC to match machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Click Next.
Note
• If a message to restart your PC appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your PC
and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 9, 10 and 11.
• For Windows
®
XP SP2 users you can temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC, following the
steps below:
1 Click Start and then Control Panel.
2 Click Network Connections icon.
3 Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.
4 You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.
5 Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0.
to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).
• For Windows Vista™ users:
You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer, following the steps below:
1 Click Start and then Control Panel.
2 Click Network and Internet and then Network and Sharing Center icon.
3 Click Connect to a network.
4 You can see the SSID of the wireless printer in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.
5 Click Connect Anyway and then Close.
6 Click View status of Wireless Network Connection (SETUP).
7 Click Details.... and check the Network Connection Details. It may take a few minutes to change
from 0.0.0.0 to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1
and 254).