Image forming apparatus supporting peer-to-peer connection and method of executing application program thereof through internet protocol address linkage

摘要

An application program may be executed through an Internet protocol (IP) address linkage in an image forming apparatus supporting a peer-to-peer connection. The application program may be executed by performing a method which includes connecting the image forming apparatus to a wireless device through a wireless local area network, driving a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus functions as an AP, driving a dynamic host configuration protocol server of the image forming apparatus to allocate a dynamic IP address to the connected wireless device, and linking the dynamic IP address allocated to the wireless device with a static IP address that is preset with respect to the wireless device.

主权项

1. A method of executing an application program through an internet protocol (IP) address linkage in an image forming apparatus supporting a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection, the method comprising:
P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to a wireless device through a wireless local area network (WLAN); driving a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus functions as an AP; driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server of the image forming apparatus to allocate a dynamic IP address to the connected wireless device; storing device information of the wireless device including the dynamic IP address allocated to the wireless device and a media access control (MAC) address of the wireless device; linking the dynamic IP address allocated to the wireless device with a static IP address that is preset with respect to the wireless device in the application program by using the stored device information; and executing the application program.