Image Forming Apparatus Supporting Peer-To-Peer Connection and Method of Controlling Peer-To-Peer Connection Thereof

摘要

A method of controlling a peer-to-peer (P 2 P) connection of an image forming apparatus that supports the P 2 P connection includes: receiving in the image forming apparatus a P 2 P connection request from an external wireless device; checking a device type of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus; determining whether the device type corresponds to connection restricted device types; and when the device type is the connection restricted device type, blocking a P 2 P connection to the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and when the device type is not the connection restricted device type, P 2 P connecting the image forming apparatus to the wireless device.