Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide automatic wireless configuration

A media playback device, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
• connect, by a first playback device, to a wireless mesh network on which a plurality of playback devices operate, wherein the wireless mesh network is configured according to a spanning tree associated with a spanning tree protocol;
• determine, by the first playback device, a location of the first playback device in the wireless mesh network;
• receive, by the first playback device, from a server via the wireless mesh network parameters based on the location, wherein the parameters facilitate communication of audio content by the first playback device on the wireless mesh network, wherein the server defines the parameters based on packet error rates periodically provided to the server by the plurality of playback devices operating on the wireless mesh network, wherein the server defining the parameters based on the packet error rates periodically provided to the server by the plurality of playback devices operating on the wireless mesh network comprises the server defining a channel on the wireless mesh network for the first playback device to receive the audio content based on the packet error rates periodically provided to the server, and wherein the parameters include a transmit power;
• based on the parameters, receive, by the first playback device, the audio content over the wireless mesh network via the spanning tree protocol, wherein receiving, by the first playback device the audio content via the spanning tree protocol comprises receiving, by the first playback device over the channel, the audio content via the spanning tree protocol;
• and
• play, by the first playback device, audio associated with the received audio content in synchrony with a second playback device on the wireless mesh network;
• a wireless interface to communicate with the wireless network;
• a speaker to play the audio content.

A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

• connect, by a first playback device, to a wireless mesh network on which a plurality of playback devices operate, wherein the wireless mesh network is configured according to a spanning tree associated with a spanning tree protocol;
• determine, by the first playback device, a location of the first playback device in the wireless mesh network;
• receive, by the first playback device, from a server via the wireless mesh network parameters based on the location, wherein the parameters facilitate communication of audio content by the first playback device on the wireless mesh network, wherein the server defines the parameters based on packet error rates periodically provided to the server by the plurality of playback devices operating on the wireless mesh network, wherein the server defining the parameters based on the packet error rates periodically provided to the server by the plurality of playback devices operating on the wireless mesh network comprises the server defining a channel on the wireless mesh network for the first playback device to receive the audio content based on the packet error rates periodically provided to the server, and wherein the parameters include a transmit power;
• based on the parameters, receive, by the first playback device, the audio content over the wireless mesh network via the spanning tree protocol, wherein receiving, by the first playback device the audio content via the spanning tree protocol comprises receiving, by the first playback device over the channel, the audio content via the spanning tree protocol;
• and
• play, by the first playback device, audio associated with the received audio content in synchrony with a second playback device on the wireless mesh network.