Method and apparatus for adding terminal into network

The invention discloses a method and apparatus for adding a terminal into a network. The method comprises the following step: when the terminal is connected to the network, according to network matching information, determining whether to carry out processing of adding the terminal into the network, wherein the network matching information comprises equipment information of a terminal allowing access and/or network information of an accessible gateway. According to the method, the determining processing of whether adding the terminal to the network is carried out through the network matching information, the phenomenon that the terminal is added to a wrong network or the gateway receives addition of a wrong terminal is avoided, and the network security is improved.