ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WIRELESS LAN COMMUNICATION WITH PLURALITY OF EXTERNAL APPARATUSES, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device for wireless local area network (WLAN) communication with a plurality of external devices and an operating method thereof. The electronic device may include a WLAN communication circuit supporting a plurality of frequency bands, and at least one processor operatively connected to the WLAN communication circuit. The at least one processor may be configured to perform WLAN communication with a first access point (AP) through a first channel of a first frequency band, to when an external device for performing WLAN-based direct communication is detected during the WLAN communication with the first AP, check capability of the external device and/or WLAN connection information of the external device, to switch the WLAN communication with the first AP to WLAN communication with a second AP based on a second channel of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, based on the capability of the external device and/or the WLAN connection information of the external device, and to perform direct communication with the external device through the second channel of the second frequency band. Other embodiments are possible.