Image forming apparatus performing wireless LAN communication through access point, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

A control method for an image forming apparatus communicating by a wireless LAN through an access point, the control method comprising:

• a role setting step of making a user set a role of the wireless LAN in the image forming apparatus;
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• a control step of controlling a setting of the access point corresponding to the role of the wireless LAN,
• wherein the user is prompted to reset the access point in the control step in a case where the role of the wireless LAN has been changed, and
• wherein the role of the wireless LAN shows whether the wireless LAN is used as a main line or a subline.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a control method for an image forming apparatus communicating by a wireless LAN through an access point, the control method comprising:

• a role setting step of making a user set a role of the wireless LAN in the image forming apparatus;
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• a control step of controlling a setting of the access point corresponding to the role of the wireless LAN,
• wherein the user is prompted to reset the access point in the control step in a case where the role of the wireless LAN has been changed, and
• wherein the role of the wireless LAN shows whether the wireless LAN is used as a main line or a subline.

An image forming apparatus communicating by a wireless LAN through an access point, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a storage configured to store connection information of an access point to which the image forming apparatus has connected;
• a wireless communicator configured to perform connecting function for connecting an access point based on the stored connection information and
• at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
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• at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the image forming apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an instruction for changing a role of the wireless communicator to one of a primary network interface and a secondary network interface, and
• changing connection information of the access point stored in the storage, in a case where the instruction for changing the role of the wireless communicator is received,
• wherein the stored connection information is changed so as to disable the wireless communicator to perform the connection function for connecting an access point, and
• wherein the stored connection information before changing the role of the wireless communicator cannot be accessed, even if the role of the wireless communicator is rechanged to the same role of the wireless communicator before the stored connection information is changed so as to disable the wireless communicator to perform the connection function for connecting an access point.

An image forming apparatus communicating by a wireless LAN through an access point, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a storage configured to store connection information including a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and an authentication information corresponding to the SSID of an access point to which the image forming apparatus has connected;
• a wireless communicator configured to perform connecting function for connecting an access point using the stored connection information obtained from the storage;
• at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the image forming apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an instruction for changing a communication mode for the wireless communicator to one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode,
• deleting the stored connection information from the storage in a case where the instruction for changing the communication mode is received, and
• terminating a connection to the access point in a case where the instruction for changing the communication mode is received,
• wherein the stored connection information before changing the communication mode cannot be accessed, even if the communication mode is rechanged to the same communication mode before the stored connection information is deleted.