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Initializes the ethernet library and network settings.
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway);
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway, subnet);
mac: the MAC address for the device (array of 6 bytes)
ip: the IP address of the device (array of 4 bytes)
gateway: the IP address of the network gateway (array of 4 bytes). optional: defaults to the device IP address with the last octet set to 1
subnet: the subnet mask of the network (array of 4 bytes). optional: defaults to 255.255.255.0
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#include <Ethernet.h> byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED }; byte ip[] = { 10, 0, 0, 177 }; void setup() { Ethernet.begin(mac, ip); } void loop () {}
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