{"id":2490,"date":"2012-09-09T07:47:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2017-03-16T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T18:22:39","slug":"set-up-wireless-network-for-mfc-685cw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/set-up-wireless-network-for-mfc-685cw.html","title":{"rendered":"Set Up Wireless Network For MFC-685CW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My Aunt got a Brother MFC-685CW since my <a title=\"mfc-665cw\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/set-up-wireless-network-for-brother-mfc-665cw.html\">MFC-665CW wasn&#8217;t available<\/a>, she wanted to print from her laptop, so I set up the wireless network function for her printer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=dognmonkey-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B01HEMHKJA&#038;asins=B01HEMHKJA&#038;linkId=0299de81ddacd4b22015e71e78dbc632&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>     <iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=dognmonkey-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B013HLXS3E&#038;asins=B013HLXS3E&#038;linkId=0c2ca71a050027447ba8ada6ac26e6ad&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The requirement to set up the printer wireless is a wireless network which provided by a router. First set up wireless network for the router which I got for her Tenda N. The wireless network should have an SSID. I will connect the printer to this SSID wireless network.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Click the menu button on the printer and select &#8220;LAN&#8221;,\u00a0 follow the pictures.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"igallery\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"mfc-685cw\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_7.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"mfc-685cw\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_7.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Click Menu Button - Main menu\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_6.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Select LAN\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_6.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Use arrow down button to select LAN\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_9.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Use arrow down to select LAN \" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_9.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"from Lan menu - select wlan\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_10.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"from LAN menu-select wlan\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_10.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Select Setup wizard\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_11.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Select Setup wizard\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_11.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Make sure router and SSID is ON\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_12.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Make sure the router and SSID is ON\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_12.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"mfc-685cw detects all wireless networks - select yours\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_14.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"mfc-685cw detects all wireless networks - select yours\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_14.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Select Router-SSID Security type\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_15.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"select the Router-SSID security type\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_15.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Select Router-SSID Encryption type\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_16.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Select Router-SSID Encryption type\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_16.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Enter Password\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_17.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enter Password\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_17.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If you use TKIP\/AES mixed, you may have to select AES for it to connect successfully. Try both encryption.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Connecting to router-SSID wireless network\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_18.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Connecting\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_18.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Try AES if TKIP failed\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_19.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"AES encryption\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_19.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Save Settings\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_20.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"save settings\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_20.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Connected and ready\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_mfc685_21.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Connected and ready\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_mfc685_21.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now the MFC-685CW is ready to connect to any wireless devices with <a class=\"ib2 fancybox.iframe\" title=\"download software for MFC-685CW\" href=\"\/\/welcome.solutions.brother.com\/bsc\/public\/us\/us\/en\/dlf\/download_top.html?reg=us&amp;c=us&amp;lang=en&amp;prod=mfc685cw_us_as\">correct drivers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>CONNECT WIRELESS LAPTOP TO MFC-685CW PRINTER AND SCANNER.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Download software package for the laptop operating system: Windows 7, Linux or Mac OS X.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select operating system and language\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"select operating system and language\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Select Windows 7 32 or 64 bit version\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Windows 7 32 bit - select 64 bit if yours is.\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select package\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"select package\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"download software for MFC-685CW\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"download software for MFC-685CW\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Extract all the files by doubleclick the downloaded file.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Double click downloaded file to extract all files\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"extract to folder\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"double click &quot;setup&quot; file to install software\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"double click setup file to install\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select language\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"select language\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"select wireless\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Select wireless\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Skip firewall disable\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"skip disable firewall\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Software should see the MFC on the network\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"software should detect the MFC-685CW on the same SSID network\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"click next to install software and driver\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Click next to install software and printer\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"select install to install software\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"click next to install software\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"restart when done\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"When done - restart computer\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Green printer icon after reboot\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"after reboot printer icon will appear\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Control Center for scan and fax\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Control Center for scan and fax\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"device printer\" href=\"\/media\/mfc685\/sm_software16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[mfc685]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"device printer\" src=\"\/media\/mfc685\/tn_software16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To me Brother MFC series are the best all in one both hardware and software.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Aunt got a Brother MFC-685CW since my MFC-665CW wasn&#8217;t available, she wanted to print from her laptop, so I set up the wireless network function for her printer. The requirement to set up the printer wireless is a wireless network which provided by a router. First set up wireless network for the router which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/set-up-wireless-network-for-mfc-685cw.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,961,19,223],"tags":[975,879,219,220],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-printers-and-scanners","category-windows","category-wireless","tag-all-in-one","tag-brother-mfc-665cw","tag-mfc-685cw","tag-wireless-network"],"views":5300,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6357,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions\/6357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}