The embodiment of the present specification provides a method for determining the office area to which a device belongs, an
access control method, a
system, an apparatus and a device. The correspondence relationship between the device identifier of the network device and the office area range can be preconfigured. In the process of network
authentication of the
user device, the device identifier of the network device is sent to the
server through the network device, so that the
server determines the office area range to which the
user device belongs based on the preconfigured correspondence relationship and the device identifier of the network device. Since the device identifier of the network device does not need to be manually configured by the user and will not change, misidentification can be reduced. Moreover, by realizing the identification of the office area range in the network
authentication process, the development process can be reduced and the
processing efficiency can be improved.