Patent ID: 7437145

Claim:
A wireless control apparatus for controlling connection activity between a wireless local network and a network including an authenticating device, the wireless control apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a relationship between a MAC address and an IP address with respect to a wireless device; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain at least one of information indicating a result of user authentication performed by the authenticating unit and information indicating a login name of the wireless device by monitoring an authentication sequence between the wireless device and the authenticating device; a storing unit configured to store the information obtained by the first obtaining unit and the information obtained by the second obtaining unit; a determining unit configured to determine a connection mode of the wireless device to the wireless control apparatus depending on whether at least one of the result of user authentication and the login name with respect to the wireless device whose MAC address and IP address have been stored in the storing unit has been stored; and a selecting unit configured to select a service to be provided to the wireless device in accordance with a determination performed by the determining unit.