Flash wearing by WiFi.setStaticIP(..)/WiFi.useStaticIP()?

[rickkas7]

I'm the source of the "believe it's safe" advice, so I'm not sure how helpful I'll be. LOL

I finally found the post that I base that advice on. Mdma said it's safe to set every time, so that's what I based my belief on.

I need to set a static IP on a Photon

I have an application that is going to be used with a special server that does not support DHCP and is just looking for a TCP client to connect to it at on a specific port. The server has a fixed IP address associated with it. But I don’t see a firmware function which will allow me to set a static IP on the Photon or any IP that is within the 255.255.255.0 mask for this particular server. This is the idea behind this application. I think the sequence is reasonable. This application will be pre…

Pix's analysis looks sound, but there is still one other possibility: that dct_write_app_data is where the change detection occurs.