Providing Service to Clients Using Wireless Communication

摘要

When a function as an access point to a network is provided to a client using communication means for conducting wireless communication with the client according to a predetermined protocol, a client that exists within a range in which communication is possible is detected by sending a predetermined broadcast packet by the communication means and receiving a response packet containing identification information of a client responding to the broadcast packet (steps 31 - 33 ), and connection information required to establish a connection with the network is sent to the detected client by the communication means (steps 35 - 37 ).