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

Claim 13:
14. An information processing apparatus having a plurality of external ports which allow network adapters to be connected, the information processing apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories configured to store instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the information processing apparatus to:
provide a setting screen relating to a network;
set an operation mode relating to using network adapters connected to the plurality of external ports based on setting accepted on the setting screen relating to the network; and
control so that;
in a case where the operation mode using the network adaptors is set as the operating mode and more than a predetermined number of the network adaptors are connected to the information processing apparatus via the plurality of external ports, information regarding connection statuses of the network adapters are notified to a user, and
in a case where the operation mode using the network adaptors is not set as the operating mode and more than the predetermined number of the network adaptors are connected to the information processing apparatus via the plurality of external ports, the information regarding the connection statuses of the network adapters are 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.