Scanning and PC Fax problems; Control Panel; Windows Firewall- Page 117

Troubleshooting

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Scanning and PC Fax problems

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The network scanning feature does not work in Windows

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The network PC Fax feature does not work in Windows

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Firewall settings on your PC may reject the necessary network connection for network printing, network 
scanning and PC Fax. If you are using the Windows

®

 Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the 

CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. If you did not install from the CD-ROM 
follow the instructions below to configure your Windows Firewall. If you are using any other personal Firewall 
software, see the User’s Guide for your software or contact the software manufacturer. 

UDP Port number information for Firewall configuration

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Add Port number 137 if you still have trouble with your network connection after you added port 54925 and 54926. Port number 137 also supports 
printing, PhotoCapture Center™ and Remote Setup over the network.

Windows

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 XP SP2 users:

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a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Network and Internet Connection

 and then 

Windows Firewall

. 

Make sure that 

Windows Firewall

 on the 

General

 tab is set to On.

b

Click the 

Advanced

 tab and 

Settings...

 button.

c

Click the 

Add

 button.

d

Add port 

54925

 for network scanning by entering the information below:

1. In 

Description of service

: Enter any description, for example, “Brother Scanner”.

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 “

54925

”.

4. In 

Internal Port Number for this service

: Enter “

54925

”.

5. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected.

6. Click 

OK

.

e

Click the 

Add

 button.

f

Add port 

54926

 for Network PC-Fax by entering the information below:

1. In 

Description of service

: Enter any description, for example, “Brother PC Fax”.

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 “

54926

”.

4. In 

Internal Port Number for this service

: Enter “

54926

”.

5. Make sure 

UDP

 is selected.

6. Click 

OK

.

UDP Port

Network Scanning

Network PC-Fax

Network Scanning and 

Network PC-Fax

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External Port number

54925

54926

137

Internal Port number

54925

54926

137