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Step 2, Installing the driver & software, Macintosh – Brother MFC-885CW User Manual

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Installing the Driver & Software

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Enter the SSID you wrote down in step

1 using

the dial pad to choose each letter or number.
You can use the

and

keys to move the

cursor left and right. 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 then numbers.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 54.
)

Press OK when you have entered all the
characters.

7

Press a or b to choose Infrastructure,
then press OK.

8

Use the a, b and OK keys to choose one of the
options below: If your network is configured for
Authentication and Encryption you must match
the settings used for your network.

No Authentication or Encryption: Choose
Open System, press OK then choose None
for Encryption Type? and press OK. Then
press 1 for Yes to apply your settings. Go to
step

11.

No Authentication with WEP Encryption:
Choose Open System, press OK then use the
a

or b to choose WEP for the

Encryption Type? and press OK. Go to
step

9.

Authentication with WEP Encryption:
Choose Shared Key, press OK. Go to step

9.

Authentication with WPA/WPA2-PSK (TKIP
or AES) Encryption:
Choose
WPA/WPA2-PSK, press OK. Go to step

10.

9

Choose the appropriate key number and press
OK. Enter the WEP key you wrote down in
step

1 using the dial pad to choose each letter

or number. You can use the

and

keys

to move the cursor left and right.
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 then numbers.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 54.
)

Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your
settings. Go to step

11.

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 a or b to choose TKIP or AES for
Encryption Type? and press OK.
Enter the WPA/WPA2-PSK password you
wrote down in step

1 using the dial pad to

choose each letter or number. You can use the

and

keys to move the cursor left and

right.
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 then numbers.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings
on page 54.
)

Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press 1 Yes to apply your
settings. Go to step

11.

11

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.

If your machine does not successfully connect
to your network, you should repeat steps

3 to

10 to make sure you have entered the correct
information.

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. A four
level indicator at the top of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access point or
router. To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue
to step

12.