A wireless communication system includes a first wireless terminal including a first network control unit that sets first wireless setting information as current wireless setting information of the first wireless terminal, a generating unit that generates an SSID including identification information of the first wireless terminal, and a first wireless communication unit that transmits a beacon including the SSID; and a second wireless terminal including a second wireless communication unit that receives the beacon, an extracting unit that extracts the SSID from the beacon and extracts the identification information from the SSID, and a second network control unit that sets second wireless setting information, stored in the second wireless terminal and corresponding to the first wireless setting information, as current wireless setting information of the second wireless terminal and establishes a wireless connection with the first wireless terminal based on the identification information and the second wireless setting information.