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Brother MFC-685CW User Manual

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Wireless Configuration for Windows

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To communicate with the un-configured wireless machine, temporarily change the wireless settings on
your PC to match machine’s default settings shown on this screen. Click Next.

Note

• If a message to restart your PC appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your PC

and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 11, 12 and 13.

• For Windows

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XP SP2 users you can temporarily change the wireless settings on your PC, following the

steps below:

1

Click Start and then Control Panel.

2

Click Network Connections icon.

3

Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.

4

You can see the Brother wireless machine in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.

5

Check the Wireless Network Connection status. It may take a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0.
to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 and 254).

• For Windows Vista™ users:

You can temporarily change the wireless settings on your computer, following the steps below:

1

Click Start and then Control Panel.

2

Click Network and Internet and then Network and Sharing Center icon.

3

Click Connect to a network.

4

You can see the SSID of the wireless printer in the list. Select SETUP and click Connect.

5

Click Connect Anyway and then Close.

6

Click View status of Wireless Network Connection (SETUP).

7

Click Details.... and check the Network Connection Details. It may take a few minutes to change
from 0.0.0.0 to 169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1
and 254).

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