Firewall Settings (For Network Users); Before Using The Brother Software; For Windows ® Xp Sp2 Users - Brother MFC-8460N Software User's Manual

Firewall settings
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(For Network users)

Before using the Brother software

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Windows Firewall settings on your PC may reject the necessary network connection for network printing,
network scanning and PC Fax. 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
UDP Port
External Port number
Internal Port number
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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 and Remote Setup over the network.
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For Windows XP SP2 users
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) of 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.
Network Scanning Network PC-Fax
54925
54925
Network Scanning and
Network PC-Fax
54926
54926
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7
1
137
137
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