Connecting Brother Printer to WI-FI, Wireless Network

November 18, 2020

Brother is one of the famous brands among printers which is well known for its great quality and features. Wireless printing can be extremely useful and highly convenient. It not only allows us to generate a print command from any computer network, but also frees you of the same computing machine, operating system, or place for that matter. It is required to connect brother printer to WIFI because without internet connection, we can’t install the printer driver in your computer, we can’t print.

Methods to Connect Brother Printer to WIFI

Method 1: How to connect Brother Printer to WIFI via Setup Wizard?

  1. Connect Brother Printer to the power outlet and turn on the machine.
  2. Press the ‘’Menu’’ button.
  3. Press the ‘’Up’’/’’Down’’ arrow key to select the network and press ‘’OK’’.
  4. Now click and select the ‘’WLAN’’ option by using the “up” and “down” arrow buttons.
  5. After that hit the OK tab.
  6. Select the ‘’Setup Wizard’’ using the ‘’Up’’/’’Down’’ arrow key and then press ‘’Ok’’
  7. Now the ‘’Enable WLAN command’’ get pop-up on the display screen then entitle the wireless network.
  8. Wait for “While”. Printer will search for network and display a list of available SSIDs.
  9. Press ‘’Up’’/’’Down’’ arrow key to select the “SSID’’ of your choice and then press ‘’OK’’
  10. Perform one of the following operations.
  11. In case you are using authentication and encryption method, enter the encryption method, enter the ‘’Network key’’ and “WEP key’’. After that hit the “OK” option to proceed further.
  12. In case ‘’WLAN access point/router’’ support WPS, the message ‘’WPS is available ‘’ will appear. Press the ‘’Up’’ arrow key to connect your machine using the automatic wireless mode> from ‘’WLAN access point/ router’’, hit the ‘’WPS’’ option.
  13. Now, brother printer will attempt to connect to the wireless network. Once done now you should try to print a test page to check if your Brother printer is printing without any error code or not.

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Method 2: How to connect Brother Printer to WIFI via Control Panel?

  1. On your Brother printer , go to the ‘’Control Panel’’
  2. Press the ‘’Mouse’’ button
  3. Select ‘’All settings’’
  4. After that go to the ‘’Network’’ option and then click ‘’OK’’ to done.
  5. Go to ‘’Network reset’’ and hit ‘’OK’’
  6. For yes, press ‘’I’’. For confirming the same, press ‘’I’’ again. Then Brother Printer will begin to reboot.
  7. You will be asked to set to set up the Wi-Fi once your printer has been rebooted. After that press the “OK” three times to check the ‘’Setup Wizard’’.
  8. From the list of WIFI networks available , choose the one that is yours and fill in the ‘’WIFI Password’’
  9. Now, tap ‘’OK’’ and ten hit ‘’I’’ for applying these settings.

Method 3: Methods to connect the Brother MFC L27000W Printer to the Wi-Fi

  1. Turn on your brother MFC L27000W printer and visit the “Menu” tab via its control panel.
  2. Now you need to click and select the “Network” option.
  3. After that you should access the “wireless LAN” option.
  4. Then hit the OK tab to proceed further.
  5. Now you should go to the “Assistant setup” option for activating the “WLAN”.
  6. Now use the arrow keys for selecting the “setup wizard’’.
  7. Then hit “Yes” to confirm the activation.
  8. Now input required details carefully of the Wi-Fi network and the printer for connectivity.

Ways to resolve the connectivity issue with the Wi-Fi

Fix 1- Manage and reconfigure wireless settings

  • Access the ‘’Utility ‘’ tab of your device.
  • Head on the section of ‘’Printer setup and software’’
  • Tap ‘’Reconfigure wireless settings’’
  • Perform as per the instructions showing on screen. Then the wireless settings will be reset.
  • Try connecting Brother printer to WIFI

Fix 2- Restart the printer and the Wi-Fi router

  • Turn off printer and plug out.
  • Turn off WIFI router for few seconds and also turn off modem.
  • Plug in printer and turn it on and then turn on WIFI router as well as modem
  • Tap the “Power’’ button. Press it for 10 seconds
  • Access the printer’s wireless settings’
  • Find and select the name of WIFI network and then connect to it.

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  • Click start- (All apps)
  • Click windows system
  • Click control panel
  • Click view devices and printers
  • Click Add a printer
  • Select your brother printer from the list and then click next.

Customer support for wireless network

If you are unable to connect the printer to the Wi-Fi by using above steps then you can reach us to get handy assistance from the Brother Printer Repair experts team.

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