Network Configuration - Brother MFC-7840W Quick Setup Manual
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- User manual (192 pages) ,
- Network user's manual (151 pages) ,
- Quick setup manual (52 pages)
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STEP 2
Installing the Driver & Software
Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel LAN menu for wireless
network configuration
Important
Make sure that you have finished the
instructions from step 1 Setting Up the
Machine on pages 4 through 11.
These instructions will install your Brother machine in
a typical small office or home wireless network
environment in infrastructure mode, using a wireless
router or access point that uses DHCP to assign IP
addresses.
If you want to setup your machine in any other
wireless environment you can find instructions in the
Network User's Guide on the CD-ROM.
You can view the Network User's Guide by following
the instructions below.
1 Turn on your PC. Insert the Brother CD-ROM
labeled Windows
2 If the language screen appears, click your
language. The CD-ROM main menu will appear.
3 Click Documentation.
4 Click the HTML document.
5 Click the Network User's Guide.
Note
If the window does not appear, use Windows
Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the
root directory of the Brother CD-ROM.
Before you begin you must know your wireless
network settings.
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into your CD-ROM drive.
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Write down the wireless network settings of
your access point or wireless router.
SSID (Service Set ID or Network name)
_________________________
WEP Key (if needed)
_________________________
WPA-PSK Password (if needed)
_________________________
Encryption (TKIP or AES)
_________________________
LEAP user name (if needed)
_________________________
LEAP password
_________________________
The WEP key is for 64-bit encrypted networks
or 128-bit encrypted networks and can contain
both numbers and letters. If you do not know
this information you should see the
documentation provided with your access point
or wireless router. This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit
value that must be entered in an ASCII or
HEXADECIMAL format.
For example:
64-bit
ASCII:
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64-bit
Hexadecimal:
128-bit
ASCII:
128-bit
Hexadecimal:
WPA-PSK enables a Protected Access
Pre-shared key that allows the Brother wireless
machine to associate with access points using
TKIP and AES encryption. WPA-PSK uses a
Pre-Shared Key that is 8 or more characters in
length, up to a maximum of 63 characters.
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Cisco
LEAP has been developed by Cisco
Systems, Inc. which uses user ID and
password for authentication. The LEAP User
ID is up to a maximum of 63 characters in
length, and the Password is up to a maximum
of 31 characters in length.
See Chapter 3 of the Network User's Guide for
more details.
Windows
Uses 5 text characters.
e.g. "Hello" (this is case sensitive)
Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data.
e.g. "71f2234aba"
Uses 13 text characters.
e.g. "Wirelesscomms"
(this is case sensitive)
Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data.
e.g.
"71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa3ba"
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