How can I give custom IP address in my HoloLens? - hololens

I have one HoloLens and I want to add my WIFI Network to that. But for some Security reasons, we need to provide custom unique IP address to our HoloLens. I don't know how to do that. Can anyone help me out?
I have tried "Windows Device Portal" but can't see any option to change current IP address in that.
Thanks in advance.

Get the MAC address of hololens, go to your router, and assign it a static IP address. Should be under your DHCP settings.

This is a couple years late, but this is possible (now).
After connecting your hololens to your PC via USB, open the debug interface, usually at http://127.0.0.1:10080. Navigate to System > Networking and under the IP Configuration heading you can find the wifi adapter and click "IPv4 Configuration" and set your custom settings there.

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I have a situation where I need to set a static IP address for a HoloLens 2 for a network that I am wired to through an Ethernet to USB-C dongle. The network is not using DHCP. The HoloLens 2 is provisioned to be an offline secure HoloLens (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens-common-scenarios-offline-secure), so there is never the option of connecting to the target network wirelessly. I can only find options to set static IPs for the HoloLenses through the device portal if the network is available wirelessly. Even the Ethernet IP configuration settings are tied to specific network profiles and these profiles only show up for wireless networks.
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Network & Internet:
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Start receiving Insider builds if you want to have a try.
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