diff --git a/cores/arduino/IPAddress.cpp b/cores/arduino/IPAddress.cpp
index d9fe5be1d..6b676b999 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/IPAddress.cpp
+++ b/cores/arduino/IPAddress.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ bool IPAddress::fromString(const char *address)
     return true;
 }
 
+String IPAddress::toString()
+{
+    String addressString = "";
+    for (int i =0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+        addressString += String(_address.bytes[i], DEC);
+        addressString += String('.');
+    }
+    addressString += String(_address.bytes[3], DEC);
+    return addressString;
+}
+
+
 IPAddress& IPAddress::operator=(const uint8_t *address)
 {
     memcpy(_address.bytes, address, sizeof(_address.bytes));
diff --git a/cores/arduino/IPAddress.h b/cores/arduino/IPAddress.h
index d762f2c02..0631739d6 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/IPAddress.h
+++ b/cores/arduino/IPAddress.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class IPAddress : public Printable {
     // Overloaded index operator to allow getting and setting individual octets of the address
     uint8_t operator[](int index) const { return _address.bytes[index]; };
     uint8_t& operator[](int index) { return _address.bytes[index]; };
+    
+    String toString();
 
     // Overloaded copy operators to allow initialisation of IPAddress objects from other types
     IPAddress& operator=(const uint8_t *address);
diff --git a/cores/arduino/Print.h b/cores/arduino/Print.h
index 058a2abbd..9b0c7247f 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/Print.h
+++ b/cores/arduino/Print.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class Print
     size_t print(unsigned long, int = DEC);
     size_t print(double, int = 2);
     size_t print(const Printable&);
+    template <typename Arg, typename... Args> size_t print(Arg arg0, Arg arg1, Args... args){ return print(arg0) + print(arg1) + print(args...); }
 
     size_t println(const __FlashStringHelper *);
     size_t println(const String &s);
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ class Print
     size_t println(double, int = 2);
     size_t println(const Printable&);
     size_t println(void);
+    template <typename... Args> size_t println(Args... args) { return print(args...) + println(); }
 
     virtual void flush() { /* Empty implementation for backward compatibility */ }
 };