Communication apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

• a first interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a first communication scheme;
• a second interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme;
• and a processor,
• wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to perform:
• receiving second information via the second interface from an external apparatus after a communication of a particular signal has been performed with the external apparatus, the external apparatus is different from the communication apparatus, the second interface being configured to perform the communication of the particular signal;
• determining whether the received second information corresponds to stored first information in a case where the second information is received via the second interface from the external apparatus;
• shifting an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the second information corresponds to the first information, the parent station state being a state in which the communication apparatus operates as a parent station of a wireless network for performing a wireless communication via the first interface and the non-parent station state being a state different from the parent station state, wherein the operating state of the communication apparatus is maintained in the non-parent station state in a case where it is determined that the second information does not correspond to the first information;
• sending network information which is related to the wireless network to the external apparatus via the second interface in the case where it is determined that the second information corresponds to the first information, wherein the network information is not sent to the external apparatus in the case where it is determined that the second information does not correspond to the first information;
• receiving a wireless connection request from the external apparatus via the first interface after the network information has been sent to the external apparatus;
• and
• establishing a first wireless connection with the external apparatus via the first interface by using the network information so as to form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the external apparatus.

A method implemented by a communication apparatus having a first interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a first communication scheme, a second interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme and memory, the memory configured to store first information, the method comprising:

• receiving second information via the second interface from an external apparatus after a communication of a particular signal has been performed with the external apparatus, the external apparatus is different from the communication apparatus, the second interface being configured to perform the communication of the particular signal;
• determining whether the received second information corresponds to the stored first information in a case where the second information is received via the second interface from the external apparatus;
• shifting an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the second information corresponds to the first information, the parent station state being a state in which the communication apparatus operates as a parent station of a wireless network for performing a wireless communication via the first interface and the non-parent station state being a state different from the parent station state, wherein the operating state of the communication apparatus is maintained in the non-parent station state in a case where it is determined that the second information does not correspond to the first information;
• sending network information which is related to the wireless network to the external apparatus via the second interface in the case where it is determined that the second information corresponds to the first information, wherein the network information is not sent to the external apparatus in the case where it is determined that the second information does not correspond to the first information;
• receiving a wireless connection request from the external apparatus via the first interface after the network information has been sent to the external apparatus;
• and
• establishing a first wireless connection with the external apparatus via the first interface by using the network information so as to form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the external apparatus.