The power indicator starts flashing in orange.
Brother printer wifi not connecting.
To test the connection you can try the following.
Press menu button on the machine s control panel.
Open the printer properties.
Check if your router is in the 2 4ghz frequency band which most wireless printers easily connect to compared to connecting to the 5ghz only mode.
Turn your brother machine on.
A printer can connect to a network on either an ethernet or wi fi local area network lan or you can connect it directly via usb to a computer on the network.
To use the network scanning feature you need to configure your brother machine in the peer to peer network environment.
Get back to your computer.
For printers that aren t connecting channels 1 6 and 11 usually work best instead of the default auto channel selection.
Press and hold the wifi button on your machine for about 2 seconds until the light begins to blink.
To set up your brother machine on a wireless network.
Use a wifi channel that s least used by other local networks.
Click here to here to set up the wireless connection.
You have completed wireless setup on your brother machine.
If you ve recently switched from 2 4ghz to 5ghz wifi this is the problem.
While holding down the feed button press the power button three times and then release the feed button.
If you are having issues connecting to your dell laser printer please follow the appropriate guide below in sections 2 5.
Brother printers cannot connect to 5ghz wifi but if you ask your internet provider they can split the combined network into two separate networks a 2 4ghz one and a 5ghz one then connect your printer to the 2 4ghz.
Connect the power cord to your brother machine and then connect it to an electrical socket.
There are three main ways of connecting your dell laser printer to your pc or network.
Press the up or down arrow key to select network and press ok.
Check your brother machine is available to print.
If you have a wlan access point router supporting wps wi fi protected setup or aoss airstation one touch secure system you can easily connect your brother machine to your wireless network.
Resolving printer connection issues.
The wifi button will light up when connected.
2 1 make sure your computer is connected to the wireless network.
Press the up or down arrow key to select wlan and press ok.
In a network shared environment the scanning feature works from a server pc but does not work from client pcs.
Confirm that the printer is turned off.
To configure the wi fi settings again or if the status of the wi fi connection for your printer is not clear reset the wi fi settings of the printer.