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Configuring your machine for a wireless network

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options. Please refer to the information below to see which authentication and encryption methods your 
Brother wireless device supports.

Authentication methods

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The Brother machine supports the following methods:

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Open system
Wireless devices are allowed access the network without any authentication.

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Shared key
A secret pre-determined key is shared by all devices that will access the wireless network.
The Brother machine uses the WEP keys as the pre-determined key.

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WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

Enables a Wi-Fi

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 Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK), which enables the Brother 

wireless machine to associate with access points using TKIP for WPA-PSK or AES for WPA-PSK and 
WPA2-PSK encryption (WPA-Personal).

Encryption methods

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Encryption is used to secure the data that is sent over the wireless network. The Brother machine supports 
the following encryption methods:

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None
No encryption method is used.

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WEP
By using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the data is transmitted and received with a secure key.

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TKIP
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) provides per-packet key mixing a message integrity check and re-
keying mechanism.

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AES

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is Wi-Fi

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 authorized strong encryption standard.