WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM

摘要

A wireless network communication control apparatus and a network system wherein wireless network client connection control information with identical contents can be set in a simple manner and at low cost in a plurality of wireless network communication control apparatuses (wireless LAN access points). A parent LAN access point prestores the MAC addresses of wireless LAN clients as the wireless LAN client connection control information to be managed therein. A child access point stores the IP address of the parent access point and, based on the IP address, transmits an inquiry packet to the parent access point at predetermined intervals of time. When the inquiry packet is received, the parent access point transmits to the child access point a reply packet containing the MAC addresses of the wireless LAN clients that the parent access point has prestored. The child access point receives the reply packet, and stores the MAC addresses contained therein as its own connection control information.