Official Arduino WiFi Shield - Issues - Improvements - Call to action

Using Arduino Networking, Protocols, and Devices
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I've constructed a workaround to reset the arduino (and aruduino wifi shield) when the wifi server is detected to be dead by rigging up a simple circuit that connects:

digital pin 8 -> 1kohm resistor -> Base pin of NPN transistor
Emitter pin of NPN transistor -> GND on Arduino
Collector pin of NPN transistor -> Reset pin on Arduino

Using this code, I write a HIGH to pin 8 and the whole shebang reboots and reconnects. Obviously this is just a temporary workaround until a fix is found in the example, libraries, or firmware (wherever it may be).

  // Reset arduino if the server is dead.
  if (server.status() != 1) {
    digitalWrite(8, HIGH); // Reset Arduino
  }