Patent ID: 7907515

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first network interface arranged to connect to a network via a wireless connection; a second network interface arranged to connect to the network via a wired connection; an interface controller device arranged to receive a request to switch an active network interface in the apparatus to the first network interface; a changing device arranged to change at least one set value for the first network interface; a first interface switching device arranged to switch the active network interface in the apparatus from the second network interface, when the second network interface is successfully connected to the network via the wired connection, to the first network interface in response to the request; a connection processing device arranged to perform processing to establish connection to the network using the first network interface; and a second interface switching device arranged to restore connection to the network via the wired connection by switching the active network interface in the apparatus back to the second network interface in a case that the set value for the first network interface has been changed by said changing device and the processing to establish connection to the network using the first network interface by said connection processing device has failed.