Brother MFC-8950DW Network User's Guide

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Section I Network Operation
1 Introduction 2
Network features........................................................................................................................................2
Other Network features .......................................................................................................................3
2 Changing your machine’s network settings 5
How to change your machine’s network settings (IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway).....................5
Using the control panel........................................................................................................................5
Using the BRAdmin Light utility ...........................................................................................................5
Other Management Utilities .......................................................................................................................8
Web Based Management (web browser) ............................................................................................8
BRAdmin Professional 3 utility (Windows
®
) ........................................................................................8
BRPrint Auditor (Windows
®
)................................................................................................................9
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network
(For MFC-8710DW, MFC-8910DW and MFC-8950DW(T)) 10
Overview..................................................................................................................................................10
Confirm your network environment..........................................................................................................11
Connected to a computer with a WLAN access point/router in the network (Infrastructure mode)...11
Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network
(Ad-hoc mode)...............................................................................................................................12
Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable (Recommended) ................................................13
Configuration using the machine’s control panel Setup Wizard ..............................................................18
Manual configuration from the control panel .....................................................................................19
Configuring your machine when the SSID is not broadcast ..............................................................22
Configuring your machine for an enterprise wireless network...........................................................27
One push configuration using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) or AOSS™ ...............................................35
Configuration using the PIN Method of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)....................................................38
Configuration in Ad-hoc mode (For IEEE 802.11b) .................................................................................43
Using configured SSID ......................................................................................................................43
Using a New SSID.............................................................................................................................47
4 Control panel setup 50
Network menu..........................................................................................................................................50
TCP/IP...............................................................................................................................................50
Ethernet (wired network only)............................................................................................................53
Status (For DCP-8110DN, DCP-8150DN, DCP-8155DN, DCP-8250DN, MFC-8510DN and
MFC-8520DN)/Wired Status (For MFC-8710DW, MFC-8910DW and MFC-8950DW(T)) ............53
Setup Wizard (wireless network only) ...............................................................................................53
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)/AOSS™ (wireless network only)........................................................53
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) w/PIN Code (wireless network only) ..................................................53
WLAN Status (wireless network only) ...............................................................................................53
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Brother MFC-8950DW Specifications

General

Type	all in one
Color	black
Tray Capacity	500
Automatic Document Feeder Capacity	50 sheets
Paper Size	letter, legal, executive, a4, a5, a6, b5, b6, custom sizes from 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14"
Paper Handling	up to 500 sheets
Mono Print Speed	42 pages per minute
Print Resolution Mono	up to 1200 x 1200
Maximum Number of Pages Per Month	up to 100, 000
Scanner Type	flatbed
Scan Resolution	up to 19200 x 19200
Fax Function	yes
Cartridges	tn-720, tn-750, tn-780, dr-720
Number Of Cartridges	2
Internal Memory	yes
Network	wired, wireless
Connectivity	usb 2.0
OS Compatibility	windows or mac os
Mobile Devices Connection	yes

Weight and Dimensions

Height	19.3 inches
Width	16.3 inches
Net Weight	39 pounds