Troubleshooting
I want to check my network devices are working properly. (continued)
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How can I check the link | wired/ | Print the Network Configuration Report and check that |
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status of my Brother | wireless | Ethernet Link Status or Wireless Link Status is showing Link OK. |
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machine? |
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Can you “ping” the Brother | wired/ | Ping the Brother machine from your computer by entering the IP address or |
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machine from your | wireless | the node name at the Windows® command prompt: |
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computer? |
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| Successful i Your Brother machine is working correctly and connected |
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| Unsuccessful i Your Brother machine is not connected to the same |
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| Tool to fix the IP address and the subnet mask automatically. For the |
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| Confirming the IP address and the Subnet Mask using the Network |
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| Confirm the IP address and the Subnet Mask are set correctly. See |
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Is the Brother machine | wireless | Print the WLAN Report to confirm the state of a wireless connection. (For |
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connected to the wireless |
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network? |
| If the printed WLAN report shows the connection failed, check the error code |
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I have checked and tried all | wireless | See the instructions supplied with your WLAN access point/router to find the |
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of the above, however, I'm |
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still having problems. Is |
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there anything else I can |
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