For Windows Vista; Control Panel; Windows - Page 113

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance

99

B

The network scanning feature 
does not work.

The network PC Fax Receive 
feature does not work.

The network printing feature does 
not work.

(continued)

For Windows Vista

®

 users:

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 chosen. Then 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 chosen. Then 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

.

Your computer cannot find your 
machine.

For Windows

®

 users:

 The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the 

necessary network connection. (For details, see the instructions above.)

For Macintosh

®

 users:

 Re-select your machine in the Device Selector 

application located in 

Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector

 or from the 

Model pop-up menu of ControlCenter2.

Network difficulties(MFC-7345N, MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W only) (continued)

Difficulties

Suggestions