A wireless communication system including: a first processing device configured to function as a first access point; a terminal device configured to be wirelessly connected to the first access point; and a second processing device, wherein the first processing device transmits first connection information used for a connection to the first access point to the second processing device, and the second processing device starts a second access point using second connection information identical to the first connection information received from the first processing device and performs wireless communication with the terminal device using the second access point.