Wireless access point search device and method improved in manner of storing search results, control program, and storage medium

A method of controlling a printing apparatus that includes a printer, a wireless local area network interface (LAN I/F), and a display, the method comprising:

• receiving a user operation to start a search for an access point;
• searching a plurality of channels for the access point by using the wireless LAN I/F in response to the receiving of the user operation, wherein the searching of the plurality of channels for the access point is performed by:
• designating a channel to be searched;
• in response to a completion of the search of the designated channel for the access point, further designating another channel from among the plurality of channels as a further channel to be searched;
• and
• searching the newly-designated channel for the access point;
• displaying a plurality of access points found by a series of a search processing started by the user operation, on the display as a search result in descending order of radio field intensity, in response to the completion of the searches for the plurality of access points, the number of access points which can be displayed as the search result being limited to a predetermined number, and
• in a state where the predetermined number of access points are found as the search result, in a case where a new access point is newly found during the search of the designated channels, at a timing of the completion of the searches of the designated channels, update a display order of access points in accordance with radio field intensity of the newly-found access point, such that the predetermined number of access points are displayed on the display in descending order of the radio field intensity upon the completion of the searches of the plurality of channels for the access point.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of controlling a printing apparatus that includes a printer, a wireless local area network interface (LAN I/F), and a display, the method comprising:

• receiving a user operation to start a search for an access point;
• searching a plurality of channels for the access point by using the wireless LAN I/F in response to the receiving of the user operation, wherein the searching of the plurality of channels for the access point is performed by:
• designating a channel to be searched;
• in response to a completion of the search of the designated channel for the access point, further designating another channel from among the plurality of channels as a further channel to be searched;
• and
• searching the newly-designated channel for the access point;
• displaying a plurality of access points found by a series of a search processing started by the user operation, on the display as a search result in descending order of radio field intensity, in response to the completion of the searches for the plurality of access points, the number of access points which can be displayed as the search result being limited to a predetermined number, and
• in a state where the predetermined number of access points are found as the search result, in a case where a new access point is newly found during the search of the designated channels, at a timing of the completion of the searches of the designated channels, update a display order of access points in accordance with radio field intensity of the newly-found access point, such that the predetermined number of access points are displayed on the display in descending order of the radio field intensity upon the completion of the searches of the plurality of channels for the access point.