11 set up the wireless settings, For wireless network users, Macintosh and mobile devices) – Brother HL-3140CW User Manual

Page 22: Set up the wireless settings

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For Wireless Network Users

Manual setup from the control panel using the Setup Wizard
(Windows

®

, Macintosh and mobile devices)

11

Set up the wireless
settings

a

If you began the wireless setup from step

5 on

page 6 (for mobile devices), go to

c.

All other users, go to

b.

b

On your machine, press a or b to choose
Network and press OK.
Press a or b to choose WLAN and press OK.

c

Press a or b to choose Setup Wizard and
press OK.
When WLAN Enable? is displayed, press a to
accept. This will start the wireless setup wizard.
To cancel the wireless setup wizard and exit,
press Cancel.

d

The machine will search for available SSIDs. It
will take a few minutes to display a list of
available SSIDs.
If a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the a or b key
to choose the SSID you wrote down in step

10-b on page 19, then press OK.

e

Do one of the following:

If the wireless access point/router of the
selected SSID supports WPS and
WPS is available appears, press a and
go to

f.

If you are using an authentication and
encryption method that requires a Network
Key, go to

g.

If your authentication method is Open
System and your encryption mode is None,
go to

h.

f

To connect your machine using the automatic
wireless mode, press a to choose Yes. (If you
choose No, go to

g to enter the Network Key.)

When Press WPS on rtr appears, press
the WPS button on your wireless access
point/router, and then press a twice. Go to

h.

g

Enter the Network Key you wrote down in step

10-b on page 19.
To enter a character or number, hold down or
repeatedly press the a or b key until the
character you want appears, and then press
OK.
To delete the characters you have entered,
press the Back key.
For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 27.
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, and then press a for Yes to apply
your settings.

h

Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered.
A connection result message appears on the
LCD and a WLAN report will automatically be
printed.
If the connection failed, check the error code on
the printed report and refer to
Troubleshooting on page 25.
Press OK.

IMPORTANT

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

10-b on page 19

before you proceed.

NOTE

If you use your machine in an IEEE 802.1x
supported wireless network, see Network User's
Guide: Using IEEE 802.1x authentication.

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

b

again.

• If your wireless access point/router is set to not

broadcast the SSID you will have to manually
add the SSID name. For details, see Network
User's Guide: Configuring your machine when
the SSID is not broadcast
.

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