Communication apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

摘要

An apparatus receives and analyzes a packet transmitted via a network, and performs network setting according to data included in the packet. Further, if it is determined that the received packet is a packet addressed to the apparatus and is not a setting packet for the network setting, the apparatus is controlled not to analyze the packet.

主权项

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive a packet transmitted from an external apparatus on a network; a setting unit configured to set an IP address of the communication apparatus, based on a setting packet received by the reception unit; and a controlling unit configured to maintain the setting unit in an enable state until the reception unit receives a predetermined packet, a type of which is different from a type of the setting packet, and put the setting unit into a disable state on condition that the reception unit receives the predetermined packet, wherein the setting unit sets the IP address of the communication apparatus based on the setting packet received by the reception unit while the controlling unit maintains the setting unit in the enable state, and wherein the setting unit does not set the IP address of the communication apparatus, after the controlling unit puts the setting unit into the disable state, even if the reception unit receives the setting packet.