Brother MFC 9840CDW - Manual (Page 62)

Wireless configuration for Windows ®
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Note
• If a message to restart your computer appears after the wireless settings have been changed, restart your
computer and then go back to step 4 and continue with the install skipping steps 9, 10 and 11.
• 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 machine in the list. Choose 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).
• For Windows® XP SP2 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 Connections icon.
3 Click Network Connections icon.
4 Choose and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks.
5 You can see the SSID of the wireless machine in the list. Choose SETUP and click Connect.
6 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).