Setting the IP address of the Wifi Shield?

Projects Networking, Protocols, and Devices
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Is it possible to manually set the local IP address of the wifi shield within the sketch? Right now it seems like the only thing possible is to connect to a network and use the WiFi.localIP() function to print out the IP address, then browse to that. I guess it just automatically determines a localIP address when it connects.

So you kind of have to use that function to know where to point your browser to. Is there any way to say 'hey i want the local ip to be 192.168.2.178'. That way you would know where to browse to each time without it changing.

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The wireless router that is acting as a DHCP server can usually assign a specific local IP address to a WiFi client based on MAC address. Do you have access to the WiFi router?

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Thanks for the reply, yes I do have access to the router, which sounds like a solution worth looking into. But I guess I'm looking to see if there is a simpler option that is sketch based.