21 setup the wireless settings, For wireless network users, Setup the wireless settings – Brother MFC-8950DWT User Manual

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For Wireless Network Users

Manual setup from the control panel using the Setup Wizard
(Macintosh, mobile devices and Windows

®

)

21

Setup the wireless
settings

a

If you began the wireless setup from step

6 on

page 8 (for Macintosh and mobile devices),
press Setup Wizard.
Then go to

c.

All other users, go to

b.

b

On your machine, press Menu.
Press a or b to display Network, and press
Network

.

Press WLAN, and then Setup Wizard.

c

When WLAN Enable? is displayed, press On.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
Otherwise press Stop/Exit to exit from the
wireless setup wizard.

d

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, use a or b to
choose the SSID you wrote down in step

20-b

on page 27.

e

Do one of the following:

If the wireless access point/router of the
selected SSID supports WPS and The
selected access point / router

supports WPS. Use WPS?

appears, 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 Yes. (If you choose
No (Manual)

, go to

g to enter the Network

Key.) When Start WPS on your wireless
access point / router , then press

Next.

appears, press the WPS button on your

wireless access point/router, and then press
Next

. Go to

h.

g

Enter the Network Key you wrote down in step
20-b on page 27 using the buttons on the
Touchscreen to choose each character or
number. To delete the characters you have
entered, press

.

To enter numbers or special characters, press

repeatedly until the character you

want to enter appears, then press the character
you want.
Press

to change between upper case and

lower case.
For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 36.
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press Yes to apply your
settings.

Important

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

20-b on page 27

before you proceed.

Note

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

Note

• If a list of SSIDs is not displayed, make sure

your wireless access point/router is on. 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
Configuring your machine when the SSID is not
broadcast
in the Network User's Guide.

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