4 firewall settings (for network users), Before using the brother software, Windows® xp sp2 or higher users – Brother DCP-J140W User Manual

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Before using the Brother software

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Firewall settings on your computer may reject the necessary network connection for network printing and
network scanning. If you are using 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 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

1

Add Port number 137 if you still have trouble with your network connection after you added port 54925. Port number 137 also supports printing
over the network.

Windows

®

XP SP2 or higher users

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a

Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections and then Windows Firewall.
Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.

b

Choose the Advanced tab and click Settings.

c

Click Add.

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

1

External Port number

54925, 137

Internal Port number

54925, 137

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