For Wireless Network Interface Users; Before You Begin - Brother MFC MFC-790CW Quick Setup Manual

For Wireless Network Users

For Wireless Network Interface Users

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Before you begin

First you must configure the wireless network settings of your machine to communicate with your network access
point (router). After the machine is configured to communicate with your access point (router), computers on your
network will have access to the machine. To use the machine from these computers, you will need to install the
drivers and software. The following steps will guide you through the configuration and installation process.
To achieve optimum results with normal everyday document printing, place the Brother machine as close to the
network access point (router) as possible with minimal obstructions. Large objects and walls between the two
devices as well as interference from other electronic devices can affect the data transfer speed of your documents.
Due to these factors, wireless may not be the best method of connection for all types of documents and
applications. If you are printing large files, such as multi-page documents with mixed text and large graphics, you
may want to consider choosing wired Ethernet for a faster data transfer or USB for the fastest throughput speed.
Although the Brother MFC-790CW/MFC-990CW can be used in a both wired and wireless network, only one of
the connection methods can be used at a time.
Important
If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine you must reset the network
(LAN) settings before you can configure the wireless settings again.
On your machine, press MENU. Press a or b to display Network and press Network.
Press a or b to display Factory Reset, and then press Factory Reset.
Press Yes to accept. Hold down Yes for 2 seconds to confirm.
Note
The following instructions are for infrastructure mode.
To set up your machine in any other wireless environment you can find instructions in the Network User's
Guide on the CD-ROM.
You can view the Network User's Guide by following the instructions below.
1 Turn on your computer/Macintosh
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For Windows :
2 Choose your model and the language. The CD-ROM main menu will appear.
3 Click Documentation, and then click HTML documents.
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For Macintosh :
2 Double-click Documentation, and then double-click your language folder.
3 Double-click top.html.
Infrastructure Mode
Access Point (router)
a
Wireless Network machine (your machine)
b
Wireless capable computer connected to the access point
c
Wired computer connected to the access point
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. Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
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