4 Glossary

Wi-Fi Direct network terms

Group Owner (G/O)

If you set Group Owner to On, your Brother machine serves as an access point when you configure a Wi-Fi

 

Direct network. The G/O assigns a SSID name, password and IP address for the Wi-Fi Direct network. The

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default setting is Off.

Device InformationDevice Name

You can check the device name of the machine in the Wi-Fi Direct network environment. The device name will be shown as HL-xxxx** or MFC-xxxx** (where xxxx is your model name and ** is the character string assigned by your Brother machine).

SSID

This field displays the current Wi-Fi Direct network SSID name. The display shows up to 32 characters of the SSID name.

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the machine assigned by the G/O.

Status InformationStatus

This field displays the current Wi-Fi Direct network status. When your machine is a G/O, the machine shows G/O Active(**) (where ** shows the number of devices). When your machine is a client, the machine shows Client Active. If you see Off, your machine's Wi-Fi Direct interface is disabled.

Signal

This field displays the current Wi-Fi Direct network signal strength.

Channel (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T))

This field displays the current Wi-Fi Direct network channel.

Speed (For HL-5470DW(T) and HL-6180DW(T))

This field displays the current Wi-Fi Direct network speed.

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