The invention discloses a method and system for inquiring nearby terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: A, an intelligent terminal scans nearby wireless APs and stores scanned wireless AP information; B, the intelligent terminal sends an inquiry request including the wireless AP information to a cloud server; and C, after receiving the inquiry request, the cloud server sends an inquiry instruction to the wireless APs, receives responded information of terminal equipment connected to the corresponding wireless APs, and returns the obtained information of the terminal equipment to the intelligent terminal. According to the method and the system disclosed by the invention, the nearby wireless APs are scanned through the intelligent terminal; then, a scanned wireless AP list is uploaded to the cloud server; the cloud server interacts with various wireless APs in the list, so that terminal equipment connected onto various wireless APs is obtained; then, the terminal equipment is returned to the intelligent terminal; therefore, the nearby terminal equipment can be actively searched without an external contact tool; and interaction between the nearby equipment is realized.