In the Language Reference: "Using Ethernet.begin(mac) ...., the Ethernet shield will automatically obtain an IP address" (presumably via DHCP). So you won't actually know what it is without an ipscanner. With Ethernet.begin(mac, ip) we have "ip: the IP address of the device". The example plucks a…

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