Watchdog in Arduino Library - or at least support by bootloader

Using Arduino Project Guidance
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Nick,
re: Regarding "
Tested on the Mega2560 board once I replaced the bootloader with this working one:

https://raw.github.com/arduino/Arduino-stk500v2-bootloader/master/goodHexFiles/stk500boot_v2_mega2560.hex"

Do you know if this is the bootloader in the Arduino 1.04 IDE release?

I've been battling dropped ethernet connection on my webserver application for weeks. It occurs anywhere from hours to days. The application continues to run, but over time, a client will not be able to connect. I have a Mega2560 and want to implement watchdog timer based on your example. The code verifies, but I haven't uploaded it yet to test based on the comments on this post (the need to replace the bootloader)

Is your recommendation of the bootloader you specified still valid? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Rich