Patent ID: 7580398

Claim:
An information processing device connected to a printer via a wired interface, the information processing device comprising: a first sending unit configured to send a search command for searching an access point to the printer via the wired interface; an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about an access point to which the information processing device is connected; a determining unit configured to determine whether there is an access point which coincides with an access point to which the information processing device is connected and to which the printer is connectable according to access point information received from the printer via the wired interface and searched by the printer according to the search command and the information about the access point acquired by the acquiring unit; a second sending unit configured to send a setting command for connecting the printer and the access point to the printer via a wired interface according to the access point information received from the printer and searched by the printer according to the search command, when the determining unit determines that there is an access point; and a setting unit configured to specify a printer that coincides with the printer connected with the information processing device via the wired interface out of printers searched by a wireless network and to set network information for making the specified printer available by the wireless network.