A communication apparatus for connecting each of a plurality of
information processing apparatuses to a communication line provided by an
ISP (Internet Service Provider) by wirelessly communicating with each of
the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the communication
apparatus including a subscriber terminal determination unit for
determining whether or not each of the plurality of information
processing apparatuses is managed by a subscriber to the ISP who has been
authorized based on a contract with the ISP to connect to the
communication line by installing the communication apparatus, and a
communication unit for wirelessly communicating with each of the
plurality of information processing apparatuses giving a higher priority
to a subscriber terminal that is an information processing apparatus
managed by a subscriber than to a non-subscriber terminal that is an
information processing apparatus not being a subscriber terminal.