A method in a wireless media device for configuring and connecting to a media wireless network, the method including the steps of: connecting to an existing wireless network; establishing a secure communications tunnel with a wireless device on the existing wireless network; sharing with the wireless device over the secure communications tunnel data indicative of a set of parameters for a media wireless network; and based on the data indicative of the set of parameters for the media wireless network, connecting to the media wireless network; wherein the media wireless network is an internal private wireless network, wherein the existing wireless network is an infrastructure based IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, and the media wireless network is also an IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, wherein the set of parameters includes parameters selected to configure the media wireless network with the particular purpose of wireless media streaming, wherein the media wireless network is physically separate or virtually separate from the existing wireless network, wherein the wireless media device communicates with the wireless device on the media wireless network for the purpose of wireless audio playback from wireless media streaming so that playback amongst the wireless media device and the wireless device is synchronized, and wherein the set of parameters includes a time defined in terms of a relative offset to the current time synchronization function timestamp of the existing network specifying the time at which the wireless device crosses over to the media wireless network. connecting to an existing wireless network; establishing a secure communications tunnel with a wireless device on the existing wireless network; sharing with the wireless device over the secure communications tunnel data indicative of a set of parameters for a media wireless network; and based on the data indicative of the set of parameters for the media wireless network, connecting to the media wireless network; wherein the media wireless network is an internal private wireless network, wherein the existing wireless network is an infrastructure based IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, and the media wireless network is also an IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, wherein the set of parameters includes parameters selected to configure the media wireless network with the particular purpose of wireless media streaming, wherein the media wireless network is physically separate or virtually separate from the existing wireless network, wherein the wireless media device communicates with the wireless device on the media wireless network for the purpose of wireless audio playback from wireless media streaming so that playback amongst the wireless media device and the wireless device is synchronized, and wherein the media wireless network is an internal private wireless network, wherein the existing wireless network is an infrastructure based IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, and the media wireless network is also an IEEE 802.11 standard wireless network, wherein the set of parameters includes parameters selected to configure the media wireless network with the particular purpose of wireless media streaming, wherein the media wireless network is physically separate or virtually separate from the existing wireless network, wherein the wireless media device communicates with the wireless device on the media wireless network for the purpose of wireless audio playback from wireless media streaming so that playback amongst the wireless media device and the wireless device is synchronized, and