Brother MFC-5890CN - Manual (Page 64)

Wireless configuration for Windows ® using the Brother installer application (Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN)
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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 d and continue with the install skipping steps i, j and k.
• For Windows Vista
®
users:
You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer, following the steps below:
1 Click 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 Brother machine in the list. Choose 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).
• 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 Choose and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.
4 You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Choose 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).
l Choose the machine you wish to configure, and click Next. If the list is blank, check if the machine is
powered on, and then click Refresh.