An information processing method and information processing apparatus

As a preferred embodiment, an information processing method of distributing across a network a control program for controlling a network device to a client apparatus for managing the network device, comprising, a designation step of designating range information for searching for a network device connected to the network, and a search step of searching for the network device corresponding to the designated range information on the basis of the designated range information and a distribution step of distributing a control program to the client apparatus for managing the network device within the range searched by the processing in the search step is disclosed.