For wireless network users – Brother MFC-J285DW User Manual

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For Wireless Network Users

17

Manual setup from the

control panel using the

Setup Wizard

(Windows

®

,

Macintosh and mobile devices)

a

Press .
Press Setup Wizard.

When Enable WLAN? is displayed, press Yes
to accept.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
To cancel, press No.

b

The machine will search for available SSIDs. It
will take several seconds to display a list of
available SSIDs.
If a list of SSIDs is displayed, press s or t to
choose the SSID you wrote down in step

16-b

on page 20. Select the SSID you want to
connect with.

If the wireless access point/router of the
selected SSID supports WPS, and the machine
asks to use WPS, go to

c.

If the machine asks you to enter a Network
Key, go to

d.

Otherwise, go to

e.

c

Press Yes to connect your machine using
WPS. (If you choose No (Manual) to
continue manual configuration, go to

d to enter

a Network Key.)
When the Touchscreen instructs you to start
WPS, press the WPS button on your wireless
access point/router, and then press Next to
proceed.
Go to

e.

d

Enter the Network Key you wrote down in
step

16-b on page 20 using the Touchscreen.

Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press Yes to apply your
settings.

e

Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network. It may take a few minutes.
Press OK.

Wireless setup is now complete.

The Wi-Fi LED

on the control panel

lights up, indicating that the machine’s
Network I/F is set to WLAN.

To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to

step

18.

For Windows

®

users:

Now go to

Page 26

For Macintosh users:

Now go to

Page 29

You must have the wireless settings you
wrote down for your network in step

16-b on

page 20 before you proceed.

NOTE

• If the list is blank, check that the wireless

access point/router has power and is
broadcasting the SSID. Move your machine
closer to the wireless access point/router and
try starting from

a again.

• If your access point is set to not broadcast the

SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID
name. For more information, see Configure
Your Wireless Network When the SSID Is Not
Broadcast
in the Software and Network User’s
Guide
.

NOTE

The letters appear in this order: lower case and
then upper case. Press

to cycle between

letters, numbers and special characters. (The
characters available may differ depending on
your country.) To move the cursor to the right,
press c.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 32.
)

NOTE

If the connection failed, check the error code on
the printed report, and refer to Troubleshooting
on page 24.

NOTE

For mobile device users:
• Connect your mobile device to a wireless

access point/router using a Wi-Fi connection.

• Download and install Brother iPrint&Scan

(Android™/iOS/Windows

®

Phone) from your

mobile device’s application download site. You
can also use AirPrint (iOS) with this machine.

• To download the User’s Guide for the

application you are using (Brother
iPrint&Scan/AirPrint), visit the Brother
Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com/ and click Manuals
on your model’s page.

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