Wireless Network; Installing the Driver & Software; Most access points and routers can store - Page 26

Brother MFC-7840W Quick Setup Guide

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Quick Setup Guide MFC-7840W
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Installing the Driver & Software

24

STEP 2

Windows

®

Windows

®

Wireless  Network

9

Choose the appropriate key number and 
press

OK

 

Set WEP KEY
KEY1:

Enter the WEP key you wrote down in step 

1

 

using the dial pad. You can use the 

 or 

  to move the cursor. For example, to enter 

the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key on the dial pad 

once. To enter the number 

3

, press the 

3

 key 

on the dial pad seven times.

The letters appear in this order: lower case, 
upper case and numbers.

Press 

OK

 when you have entered all the 

characters, then press 

1

 to apply your settings. 

Go to step

12

.

Most access points and routers can store 
more than one key, but they will only use 
one at any time for authentication and 
encryption.

10

Press the 

 or 

 to choose 

TKIP

 or 

AES

 for 

Encryption Type

 and press 

OK

.

Enter the WPA-PSK Password you wrote down 
in step

1

 using the dial pad. You can use the 

 or 

  to move the cursor. For 

example, to enter the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key 

on the dial pad once. To enter the number 

3

press the 

3

 key on your dial pad seven times.

Press 

OK

 when you have entered all the 

characters, then press 

1

 to apply your settings. 

Go to step

12

.

11

Enter the user name and press 

OK

. You can 

use the 

 or 

  to move the cursor. For 

example, to enter the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key 

on the dial pad once.

Enter the password and press 

OK

, and then 

press 

1

 to apply your settings. Go to step

12

.

(Use the chart on 

Entering text

on page 46.)

12

Your machine will now try to connect to your 
wireless network using the information you 
have entered. If successful, 

Connected

 will 

appear briefly on the LCD.

Connection NG

 is displayed when the print 

server has not successfully connected to your 
router or access point. Try starting from step 

3

 

again. If the same message is displayed again, 
reset the print server back to the default factory 
settings and try again. (See 

Restoring the 

network settings to factory default

on page 45.)

13

The machine will automatically acquire the 
correct TCP/IP address information from your 
access point (router) if DHCP is enabled 
(DHCP is normally enabled as default for most 
access point routers).

If your access point does not have DHCP 
enabled you will need to manually configure 
the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of 
the machine to suit your network. See the 
Network User’s Guide for details.

 

Wireless setup is now complete. To install 
the MFL-Pro suite, continue to step  7
on 
page 26
.

Note

The supplied CD-ROM includes the ScanSoft™ 
PaperPort™ 11SE. This software supports 
Windows

®

 2000 (SP4 or greater), XP (SP2 or 

greater), XP Professional x64 Edition and 
Windows Vista

®

 only. Please update to the latest 

Windows

®

 Service Pack before installing  MFL-

Pro Suite.

 

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  • 46.) 12 Your machine will now try to connect to your wireless network using the information you have entered.
  • 45.) 13 The machine will automatically acquire the correct TCP/IP address information from your access point (router) if DHCP is enabled (DHCP is normally enabled as default for most access point routers).
  • 26. Note The supplied CD-ROM includes the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE.

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