Windows Vista; Control Panel; Windows Firewall- Page 73

Troubleshooting

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g

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

Add

 button.

h

To add port 137 for network scanning, network printing and network PC Fax receiving, enter 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 if the new setting is added and is checked, and then click 

OK

.

Note

After the Brother software package is installed, enable your Firewall again.

Windows Vista

®

 users:

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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 

on (recommended)

 is selected on the 

General

 tab.

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

.