[apalrd]

You could just go Start->Run->type 'cmd' (usually already typed in since I almost certainly used it last) -> ipconfig /all

Same thing for the config. I used to write Batch and Perl scripts to do it, then I got lazy and just remembered the command to type ('netsh interface ipv4 set address "Local Area Connection" static 10.0.33.217 255.0.0.0'). Roughly the same number of mouse strokes (which are highly more time-consuming than keystrokes), especially if I don't have the folder with the batch file open or I'm not on my computer.

My best solution is to just use WiFi only for real networks, and use wired Ethernet only for robot networks. But, in case I have to break this, then I can just type netsh and be done.

But, if you do still want to do it this way, it should be possible to do entirely in a shell script, reducing dependencies on a foreign machine to zero.