How do you connect your Brother printer to WiFi?

You can connect your Brother printer to WiFi in 3 ways. Does your printer have display? You can easily use that to adjust your network preferences. If your printer doesn't have a display, use the WPS button of your router. Some printers have WiFi Direct. You don't need your own WiFi network for that.

1. Connect your printer via the display
2. Connect your printer with the WPS button
3. Connec via WiFi Direct

You can easily connect a Brother printer with a display to WiFi via the menu. The menu differs per Brother printer, but you can choose for the following options for most printers:

1. Click on WiFi on your printer.
2. Press Infrastructure mode and then Network settings.
3. Click Setup wizard.
4. Choose the name of your network. This is also called SSID.
5. Enter the password of your WiFi network.
6. Press OK.
7. Your printer is now connected to your WiFi network.

If your Brother printer doesn't have a display, connect it with a WPS button. That's a button on your router. You can connect your printer in the following way:

1. Put the printer in the range of the WiFi router.
2. Press your WPS button on your router.
3. Hold the WiFi button on your printer for 5 seconds. The WiFi light now blinks.
4. If your printer is connected, the WiFi light stays on.

Some Brother printers have WiFi Direct. This means the printer has its own WiFi netword and you can connect directly from your computer or smartphone. You don't need a WiFi router.

1. Press WiFi on the display of your printer.
2. Click Direct mode and choose Network settings.
3. You now see the network name of your printer (SSID). If you click it, you'll see the password.
4. Go to the WiFi connections on your smartphone or computer and click on your printer (DIRECT-MFC-series, for example).
5. Enter the password.
6. Your device is now connected to the WiFi network of the printer.