A wireless communication control method, comprising: receiving (101, 201), by a wireless network device in a first frequency band, a first probe request frame sent by a terminal, and receiving, in a second frequency band, a second probe request frame sent by the terminal, wherein a quantity of non-overlapping channels in the first frequency band is less than a quantity of non-overlapping channels in the second frequency band and wherein the first frequency band is a 2.4 GHz operating frequency band and the second frequency band is a 5 GHz operating frequency band; a first transmit power of the wireless network device in the first frequency band is lower than a second transmit power of the wireless network device in the second frequency band; characterized in that, responding (102, 202), by the wireless network device, to the first probe request frame at the first transmit power in a case in which a signal transmission strength of the terminal is greater than a preset strength comprising: responding, by the wireless network device, to the first probe request frame at the first transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is greater than the preset strength and load of the wireless network device in the first frequency band is less than a first preset threshold; and responding (103, 203), by the wireless network device, to the second probe request frame at the second transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is less than the preset strength comprising: responding, by the wireless network device, to the second probe request frame at the second transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is less than the preset strength and load of the wireless network device in the second frequency band is less than a second preset threshold. receiving (101, 201), by a wireless network device in a first frequency band, a first probe request frame sent by a terminal, and receiving, in a second frequency band, a second probe request frame sent by the terminal, wherein a quantity of non-overlapping channels in the first frequency band is less than a quantity of non-overlapping channels in the second frequency band and wherein the first frequency band is a 2.4 GHz operating frequency band and the second frequency band is a 5 GHz operating frequency band; a first transmit power of the wireless network device in the first frequency band is lower than a second transmit power of the wireless network device in the second frequency band; characterized in that, responding (102, 202), by the wireless network device, to the first probe request frame at the first transmit power in a case in which a signal transmission strength of the terminal is greater than a preset strength comprising: responding, by the wireless network device, to the first probe request frame at the first transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is greater than the preset strength and load of the wireless network device in the first frequency band is less than a first preset threshold; and responding (103, 203), by the wireless network device, to the second probe request frame at the second transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is less than the preset strength comprising: responding, by the wireless network device, to the second probe request frame at the second transmit power in a case in which the signal transmission strength of the terminal is less than the preset strength and load of the wireless network device in the second frequency band is less than a second preset threshold.