Techniques for communication between playback devices from mixed geographic regions

A playback device comprising:

• a first radio configured to communicate over a first wireless network;
• a second radio configured to communicate over a second wireless network;
• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to
• identify a region associated with a satellite playback device, at least in part by communicating with the satellite playback device over the second wireless network;
• update at least one network parameter associated with the first wireless network based on the region associated with the satellite playback device;
• cause the satellite playback device to switch connection from the second wireless network to the first wireless network;
• and
• play back audio content in synchrony with the satellite playback device at least in part by communicating the audio content to the satellite playback device over the first wireless network.

A first playback device comprising:

• a wireless radio;
• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to
• connect, via the wireless radio, to a second playback device over a first wireless network;
• transmit, over the first wireless network, an indication of a region associated with the wireless radio, the region having a set of allowed wireless channels;
• after transmission of the indication of the region associated with the wireless radio, receive a request from the second playback device to switch connection from the first wireless network to a specified channel in a second wireless network, wherein the specified channel is one of the allowed channels;
• connect to the second wireless network;
• and
• play back audio streamed over the second wireless network.

A first playback device comprising:

• a wireless radio;
• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to
• detect a failure to connect, via the wireless radio, to a second playback device over a first wireless network;
• in response to the detection, connect, via the wireless radio, to an access point (AP) wireless network;
• transmit, to the second playback device via the AP wireless network, an indication of a region associated with the wireless radio and a request to reconfigure a second wireless network based on the region, the region having a set of allowed wireless channels;
• after transmission of the indication of the region associated with the wireless radio, receive a request from the second playback device to switch connection from the AP wireless network to a specified channel in a second wireless network, wherein the specified channel is one of the allowed channels;
• connect to the second wireless network;
• and
• play back audio streamed over the second wireless network.