Control Panel; Windows Firewall; User Account Control- Page 48

Troubleshooting

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7

g

If you still have trouble with your network connection, click the 

Add

 button.

h

Add port 

137

 for both Network scanning and Network PC-Fax receiving by entering the information 

below:
1. In 

Description of service

: Enter any description, for example, “Brother PC Fax receiving”/.

2. In 

Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) 

or the computer hosting this service on your network

: Enter “Localhost”.

3. In 

External Port Number for this service

: Enter “

137

”.

4. In 

Internal Port Number for this service

: Enter “

137

”.

5. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected.

6. Click 

OK

.

i

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click 

OK

.

Windows Vista™ users:

7

a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Network and Internet

, 

Windows Firewall

 and click 

Change settings

.

b

When the 

User Account Control

 screen appears, do the following.

„

Users who have administrator rights: Click 

Continue

.

„

For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click 

OK

.

c

Make sure that 

Windows Firewall

 on the 

General

 tab is set to On.

d

Click the 

Exceptions

 tab.

e

Click the 

Add port...

 button.

f

To add port 

54925

 for network scanning, enter the information below:

1. In 

Name

: Enter any description, for example, “Brother Scanner”.

2. In 

Port number

: Enter “

54925

”.

3. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected.

4. Click 

OK

.

g

Click the 

Add port...

 button.

h

To add port 

54926

 for network PC Fax, enter the information below:

1. In 

Name

: Enter any description, for example, “Brother PC Fax”.

2. In 

Port number

: - Enter “

54926

”.

3. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected.

4. Click 

OK

.

i

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click 

Apply

.

j

If you still have trouble with your network connection such as network scanning or printing, check 

File and Printer Sharing

 box in the 

Exceptions

 tab and then click 

Apply

.