diff --git a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.cpp b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.cpp
index 505940015f9..d7e295a1796 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,13 @@ bool WiFiSTAClass::config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress gateway, IPAddress subne
     if(!WiFi.enableSTA(true)) {
         return false;
     }
+    // handle Arduino ordering of parameters: ip, dns, gw, subnet
+    if (local_ip != INADDR_NONE && subnet[0] != 255) {
+        IPAddress tmp = dns1;
+        dns1 = gateway;
+        gateway = subnet;
+        subnet = (tmp != INADDR_NONE) ? tmp : IPAddress(255, 255, 255, 0);
+    }
     err = set_esp_interface_ip(ESP_IF_WIFI_STA, local_ip, gateway, subnet);
     if(err == ESP_OK){
     	err = set_esp_interface_dns(ESP_IF_WIFI_STA, dns1, dns2);
@@ -431,6 +438,19 @@ bool WiFiSTAClass::config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress gateway, IPAddress subne
     return err == ESP_OK;
 }
 
+bool WiFiSTAClass::config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress dns) {
+
+    if (local_ip == INADDR_NONE)
+        return config(INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE);
+
+    IPAddress gw(local_ip);
+    gw[3] = 1;
+    if (dns == INADDR_NONE) {
+        dns = gw;
+    }
+    return config(local_ip, gw, IPAddress(255, 255, 255, 0), dns);
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the working bandwidth of the STA mode
  * @param m wifi_bandwidth_t
diff --git a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.h b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.h
index 07f01922cef..1f1f3c8ab35 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.h
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ class WiFiSTAClass
     wl_status_t begin(char* ssid, char *passphrase = NULL, int32_t channel = 0, const uint8_t* bssid = NULL, bool connect = true);
     wl_status_t begin();
 
+    // also accepts Arduino ordering of parameters: ip, dns, gw, mask
     bool config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress gateway, IPAddress subnet, IPAddress dns1 = (uint32_t)0x00000000, IPAddress dns2 = (uint32_t)0x00000000);
+
+    // two and one parameter version. 2nd parameter is DNS like in Arduino
+    bool config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress dns = (uint32_t)0x00000000);
+
     bool setDNS(IPAddress dns1, IPAddress dns2 = (uint32_t)0x00000000);  // sets DNS IP for all network interfaces
 
     bool bandwidth(wifi_bandwidth_t bandwidth);