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Overview

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To connect your machine to your wireless network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. 
We recommend that you use the Setup Wizard from the machine’s control panel LAN menu. By using this 
method, you can easily connect your machine to your wireless network. Please follow the instructions in the 
supplied Quick Setup Guide.
Please read this chapter for more details on how to configure the wireless network settings. For information 
on TCP/IP settings, see 

Setting the IP address and subnet mask

on page 11. Then, in 

Network printing from 

Windows® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

on page 87 and 

Network printing from a 

Macintosh®

on page 89, you will learn how to install the network software and drivers into the operating 

system running on your computer.

Confirm your network environment

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Wireless network connection example

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Connected to a wireless capable computer with an access point in the network 
(Infrastructure mode)

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This type of network has a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point can also act as 
a bridge or a gateway to a wired network. When the Brother wireless machine (your machine) is part of this 
network, it receives all print jobs via an access point.

Configuring your machine for a wireless 

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