more manual tweaks, and I really fucking need to stop and get groceries

esphome/common/text_sensor/ethernet_ip_address.config.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # Text sensors with general information.
-platform: template
-#ip_address:
-name: IP
-icon: mdi:ip-network
-entity_category: diagnostic
-disabled_by_default: true
-lambda: return {id(eth).get_ip_address().str() };
-update_interval: 60s
+platform: ethernet_info
+ip_address:
+  name: "IP Address"
+  disabled_by_default: true