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A network for broadcasting and sharing wireless data, the network comprising:

• a plurality of wireless playback devices, each acting as an individual node in a specific wireless network, each wireless playback device configured to:
• access the specific wireless network;
• and
• audibly output audio and/or video data received over the specific wireless network;
• wherein each wireless playback device enables communication between devices on the specific wireless network, such that the source of the audio and/or video data may be any of the devices on the specific wireless network.

A playback device configured to audibly output audio and/or video data received from a wireless network in a multi-network environment, the playback device acting as an individual node on the wireless network and being configured to broadcast the audio and/or video data audibly output, or to act as a repeater and broadcast the audio and/or video data received from the wireless network, the device comprising:

• a network interface to receive audio data over a plurality of wireless networks;
• one or more speaker drivers to audibly output the audio received;
• a user interface, the user interface configured to receive a user input to select the wireless network;
• and
• one or more processors, configured to:
• sign into a selected first wireless network and receive audio data therefrom, and to audibly output the audio data received via the one or more speaker drivers, wherein the playback device has the proper credentials and authorization to sign into the first wireless network without any additional user input;
• receive from the user interface a selection of a second wireless network;
• sign out of the first wireless network and into the second wireless network, wherein the playback device has the proper credentials and authorization to sign into the second wireless network without any additional user input;
• and
• receive from the second wireless network audio data, and output the audio data via the one or more speaker drivers.