Facilitating the Resolution of Address Conflicts in a Networked Media Playback System

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• over a data network that facilitates communication amongst an access point and a media playback system:
• receive media content for playback by the media playback system, the media playback system comprising the computing device and a playback device;
• and
• detect a trigger event that indicates an operating status change for the access point;
• based on the detected trigger event:
• determine that the playback device is to obtain a new IP address from the access point;
• and
• cause the playback device to obtain a new IP address from the access point;
• and
• cause one or more devices of the media playback system to play back the media content.

A method carried out by a computing device, the method comprising:

• over a data network that facilitates communication amongst an access point and a media playback system:
• receiving media content for playback by the media playback system, the media playback system comprising the computing device and a playback device;
• and
• detecting a trigger event that indicates an operating status change for the access point;
• based on the detected trigger event:
• determining that the playback device is to obtain a new IP address from the access point;
• and
• causing the playback device to obtain a new IP address from the access point;
• and
• causing one or more devices of the media playback system to play back the media content.