Patent ID: 11972160
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A control method for an information processing apparatus having an external port to which compatible network adapters are connected, the control method comprising:
providing a setting screen relating to a network;
setting an operation mode relating to using the network adapters connected to the external port based on setting accepted on the setting screen relating to the network; and
controlling so that:
in a case where the operation mode using the network adapters is set as the operating mode and the network adapters are not connected to the information processing apparatus via the external port, information regarding connection statuses of the network adapters is notified to a user, and
in a case where the operation mode using the network adapters is not set as the operating mode and the network adapters are not connected to the information processing apparatus via the external port, the information regarding the connection statuses of the network adapters is not notified to the user;

wherein the network adapters to be connected are network adapters for providing a network communication using an Internet Protocol (IP) address.