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Wireless configuration for Windows®

 

 

using the Brother automatic installer

 

 

 

 

 

application (For HL-5370DW)

 

 

 

Configuration in Infrastructure mode

Before configuring the wireless settings

IMPORTANT

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The following instructions will install your Brother machine in a network environment using the Brother installer application for Windows® found on the CD-ROM we have provided with the machine.

You must know your wireless network settings before you proceed with this installation. Make sure you take notes on all the current settings such as SSID, authentication and encryption of your wireless network environment. If you do not know them, contact your network administrator or the manufacturer of your access point/router.

Item

Example

Record the current wireless network settings

Communication mode: (Infrastructure)

Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

Network name: (SSID, ESSID)

HELLO

 

 

 

 

Authentication method:

WPA2-PSK

 

(Open System, Shared key, WPA-PSK 1,

 

 

WPA2-PSK 1, LEAP, EAP-FAST)

 

 

Encryption mode:

AES

 

(None, WEP, TKIP, AES, CKIP)

 

 

 

 

 

Network key: (Encryption key, WEP key 2,

12345678

 

Passphrase)

 

 

 

 

 

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2

WPA/WPA2-PSK is a Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key, which lets the Brother wireless machine associate with access points using TKIP or AES encryption (WPA-Personal). WPA-PSK(TKIP or AES) and WPA2-PSK(AES) use a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that is 8 or more characters in length, up to a maximum of 63 characters.

The WEP key is for 64-bit encrypted networks or 128-bit encrypted networks and can contain both numbers and letters. If you do not know this information you should see the documentation provided with your access point or wireless router. This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or HEXADECIMAL format.

For example:

 

64-bit ASCII:

Uses 5 text characters e.g. “Hello” (this is case sensitive)

64-bit Hexadecimal:

Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data e.g. “71f2234aba”

128-bit ASCII:

Uses 13 text characters e.g. “Wirelesscomms” (this is case sensitive)

128-bit Hexadecimal:

Uses 26 digits of hexadecimal data e.g.

 

“71f2234ab56cd709e5412aa3ba”

If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the printer, you must reset the print server back to its factory default settings (see Reset the network settings to the factory default on page 118).

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