As usual, I do not understand how this system works.... as I have already stated I am a newbie.

When I enter the above code it says
"CGM_testAP:23:18: error: 'esp_netif_init' was not declared in this scope"

So, a search of all my libraries could Not find any occurance of esp_netif_init().

So how ...

I am also looking for a solution to this problem.
I have tried WiFi.softAPConfig() but could not make it work.
I have tried the tcpip_adapter_set_ip_info() function, it compiles but I get Runtime errors like :-
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ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

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