Brother MFC-845CW - Manual (Page 32)

Installing the Driver & Software
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Turn on the machine by connecting the power
cord.
Improper Setup
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.
On your machine, press Menu.
Press a or b for LAN and press OK.
Press a or b to choose Factory Reset, and
then press OK.
Press 1 twice for Yes to accept the change.
3
On your machine, press Menu.
Press a or b to choose LAN and press OK.
Press a or b to choose Network I/F and
press OK.
Press a or b to choose WLAN and press OK.
The wired network interface will become
inactive with this setting.
4
When the LAN menu becomes available, press
Menu.
Press a or b to choose LAN and press OK.
Press a or b to choose Setup WLAN and
press OK.
Press a or b to choose Setup Wizard and
press OK.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
5
The machine will search for available SSIDs. If
a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the a or b
keys to choose the SSID you wrote down in
step
1, then press OK. Go to step 9.
Note
It will take a few seconds to display a list of
available SSIDs.
If your access point is set to not broadcast the
SSID you will have to manually add the SSID
name. Go to step
6.
6
Select <New SSID> using a or b and press
OK. Go to step
7.
7
Enter the SSID you wrote down in step 1 using
the dial pad to choose each letter or number.
You can use the
and keys to move the
cursor left and right. For example, to enter the
letter a, press the 2 key on the dial pad once.
To enter the number 3, press the 3 key on the
dial pad seven times.
The letters appear in this order: lower case,
upper case, numbers and then special letters.
(For more information, see Entering Text on
pages 52.)
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters.
8
Press a or b to choose Infrastructure,
then press OK.
9
Use the a, b and OK keys to choose one of
the options below: If your network is configured
for Authentication and Encryption you must
match the settings used for your network.
No Authentication or Encryption: Choose
Open System
, press OK then choose None
for Encryption Type and press OK. Then
press 1 for Yes to apply your settings. Go to
step
12.
No Authentication with WEP Encryption:
Choose Open System, press OK then use the
a
or b to choose WEP for the
Encryption Type
and press OK. Go to
step 10.
Authentication with WEP Encryption:
Choose Shared Key, press OK. Go to
step
10.
Authentication with WPA/WPA2-PSK (TKIP
or AES) Encryption: Choose WPA/WPA2-
PSK
, press OK. Go to step 11.
10
Choose the appropriate key number and press
OK. Enter the WEP key you wrote down in
step
1 using the dial pad to choose each letter
or number. You can use the and keys
to move the cursor left and right. For example,
to enter the letter a, press the 2 key on the dial
pad once. To enter the number 3, press the 3
key on the dial pad seven times.
The letters appear in this order: lower case,
upper case, numbers and then special letters.
(For more information, see Entering Text on
pages 52.)
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your
settings. Go to step
12.
Most access points and routers can store
more than one key, but they will only use
one at any time for authentication and
encryption.