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Overview

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To connect your machine to your wireless network, we recommend you to follow the steps in the Quick Setup 
Guide using 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 read this chapter for additional methods on how to configure the wireless network settings. For 
information on TCP/IP settings, see 

Setting the IP address and subnet mask

 on page 13 and 

Using the 

BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine as a network printer

 on page 13. Then, in 

Network printing 

from Windows

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: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

 on page 94 or 

Network printing from Macintosh

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on page 103, you will learn how to install the network software and drivers into the operating system running 
on your computer.

Note

• To achieve optimum results with normal every day document printing, place the Brother machine as close 

to the network access point (or router) as possible with minimal obstructions. Large objects and walls 
between the two devices as well as interference from other electronic devices can affect the data transfer 
speed of your documents.
Due to these factors, wireless may not be the best method of connection for all types of documents and 
applications. If you are printing large files, such as multi-page documents with mixed text and large 
graphics, you may want to consider choosing wired Ethernet for a faster data transfer, or USB for the 
fastest throughput speed.

• Although the Brother MFC-7840W can be used in a both wired and wireless network, only one connection 

method can be used at a time.

Configuring your machine for a wireless 

network

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