An information processing system, which comprises at least one communications apparatus, the information processing system comprising: a first communications part configured to transmit, via a first network, connection information for a second network that is different from the first network to a plurality of terminal apparatuses; a second communications part configured to carry out communications with the terminal apparatuses via the second network based on the connection information transmitted by the first communications part ; a storage part configured to store respective items of terminal identification information of the terminal apparatuses, with which the communications are carried out by the second communications part; a determination part configured to determine whether the terminal apparatuses that are identified by the items of terminal identification information stored in the storage part can carry out communications via the second network; and a control part configured to, when the determination part determines that the terminal apparatuses cannot carry out communications via the second network, carry out such control as to prevent the second network from being used to carry out communications, characterized in that the control part is configured to control, depending on information concerning a distance between the first communications part and one of the terminal apparatuses, as to whether to transmit the connection information of the second network to the one of the terminal apparatuses, wherein the control part is configured to determine the information concerning the distance for each of a plurality of the first communications parts . a first communications part configured to transmit, via a first network, connection information for a second network that is different from the first network to a plurality of terminal apparatuses; a second communications part configured to carry out communications with the terminal apparatuses via the second network based on the connection information transmitted by the first communications part ; a storage part configured to store respective items of terminal identification information of the terminal apparatuses, with which the communications are carried out by the second communications part; a determination part configured to determine whether the terminal apparatuses that are identified by the items of terminal identification information stored in the storage part can carry out communications via the second network; and a control part configured to, when the determination part determines that the terminal apparatuses cannot carry out communications via the second network, carry out such control as to prevent the second network from being used to carry out communications, characterized in that the control part is configured to control, depending on information concerning a distance between the first communications part and one of the terminal apparatuses, as to whether to transmit the connection information of the second network to the one of the terminal apparatuses, wherein the control part is configured to determine the information concerning the distance for each of a plurality of the first communications parts . <EOS>