Network access method and equipment

The invention discloses a network access method and equipment. The network access method includes: sending cookie refreshing requests to an information processing device through a terminal, sending the cookie refreshing requests to a Portal server by the information processing device; sending cookie information which corresponds with the terminal to the information processing device by the Portal server, sending the cookie information to the terminal by the information processing device; sending hyper test transport protocol (HTTP) requests with the cookie information to the Portal server by the terminal, using the cookie information to control the terminal to visit a network by the Portal server. According to the network access method and the equipment, the cookie information is refreshed through a short message manner, thus when the network is visited by the terminal through a wireless local area network (WLAN), and an automatic access authentication function is achieved, manual authentication and repeated