The Brother printer won’t stay connected to network, restart your router and computer to resolve it. Ensure that you have a proper password for your printer. Use the WPS key to connect your printer and router.
How to reconnect the Brother printer with Wi-fi
- Reconnect your printer to a wireless router.
- Type 192.168.1.1 on your browser and log in to your router as the administrator.
- Enter your administrator’s name and password on the log in page.
- Click Wireless Settings and select Advanced Security Settings.
- Select Wi-Fi Protected Access security.
- Change the Group Key Update Interval from its current setting to some other value.
- Click Apply and wait for a few seconds to activate the change.
- Log out from your router.
Connect your printer to a wireless network
- Connect your Brother printer to a wireless network in Infrastructure mode. In this mode, you wireless devices communicate with each other through an access point or router.
- The upcoming instructions explain how to connect your printer to a wireless network with an access point or router in Infrastructure mode. You need an access point, Network printer, and wired or wireless capable PC connected to a router.
- There are two ways for configuring your Brother printer to a wireless network. Either using Wi-Fi Protected Setup, AirStation One-Touch Secure System, or manually. Go with the upcoming steps for configuring your Brother printer to a wireless network using WPS or AOSS.
- You can easily connect your Brother printer to a wireless network if you have a WLAN access point that supports WPS or AOSS.
- Make sure that your WLAN access point has the WPS or AOSS symbol on it. You can also configure your Brother printer manually to a wireless network.
- Go with the upcoming steps to print or scan over a wireless network using your Brother printer. Turn Off your Brother printer, wait for a few seconds and then switch it On again.
- Wait for your printer to connect to the network. Proceed with the upcoming steps if the issue persists.
- Make use of the Network Connection Repair Tool to resolve the network settings of the Brother printer. It assigns an appropriate IP address and Subnet Mask.
- Proceed to the next step if the issue persists. Print the WLAN report to check the Wireless status of your printer.
- If the WLAN report states Connection OK and you aren’t able to print, refer to Check the Wireless status on the WLAN report and verify the connection.