Wireless communication setting control apparatus, and control method and storage medium therefor

摘要

A control apparatus that controls a wireless communication setting in an information processing apparatus such that the setting can easily be set, without the provision of an additional device in the information processing apparatus. A PC as a control apparatus is USB connected to a printer as an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function, and controls the setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the printer. The printer and the wireless access point are instructed via a USB interface and via a wired LAN by the PC to start the setting of wireless communication. When receiving from each of the printer and the wireless access point a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication, the PC causes a display unit thereof to display the setting result notifications.

主权项

1. A control apparatus that is connected via a wired network to an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function and that controls a setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the information processing apparatus, comprising:
a display unit; a setting control unit configured to instruct the information processing apparatus via the wired network to start the setting of wireless communication and instruct the wireless access point via a network to start the setting of wireless communication; a display control unit configured, when receiving a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the wireless access point, to cause said display unit to display the setting result notification; a requesting unit configured, when receiving from at least one of the wireless access point and the information processing apparatus a notification representing that the setting of wireless communication has failed, to request the wireless access point to transmit parameters required for the setting of wireless communication; and a recovery control unit configured, when receiving the parameters from the wireless access point, to instruct the information processing apparatus to perform the setting of wireless communication based on the parameters.