Patent ID: 8014391

Claim:
A system comprising an apparatus in communication with a device via a network, the system further comprising: the apparatus including a setting information transmission unit configured to transmit setting information to the device, the setting information containing a formal address to be set in the device; and the device including, an address obtaining unit configured to obtain, by using DHCP function, a temporary address used for network communication through the network; a setting information reception unit configured to receive from the apparatus the setting information containing the formal address; a setting unit configured to selectively set either one of the temporary address obtained by the address obtaining unit by using the DHCP function and the formal address contained in the received setting information; and a stopping unit configured to stop using the DHCP function in response to the setting unit setting the formal address contained in the received setting information as an address of the device; wherein, the apparatus further including, a storage unit configured to store an address list indicating a destination address of the setting information; a request reception unit configured to receive a request of the setting information from the device; and an addition unit configured to add the device which requests the setting information to the address list, wherein the setting information transmission unit transmits the setting information to the destination address indicated by the address list; wherein the apparatus periodically transmits setting information which does not contain the formal address, after the setting information transmission unit transmits the setting information containing the formal address.