i use slush's pool and i don't think there is a status down notification option there, but correct me if i'm wrong.  the only way i know is literally by trying to connect to the gui remotely or walking into my office and seeing that yellow light which indicates that it's not mining. 

as far as system state, when i look at the logs i see this:

Thu Dec 12 23:16:43 2013 daemon.error netifd: lan (656): Sending renew...
Thu Dec 12 23:16:44 2013 daemon.error netifd: lan (656): Lease of 192.168.0.98 obtained, lease time 3600
Thu Dec 12 23:18:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 21633 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:20:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 21784 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:22:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 21935 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:24:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22086 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:26:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22237 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:28:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22386 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:30:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22537 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:32:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22688 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:34:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22839 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:36:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 22990 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:38:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 23141 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:40:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 23380 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:42:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 23531 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:44:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 23682 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:46:01 2013 news.info crond[842]: crond: USER root pid 23833 cmd /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor
Thu Dec 12 23:46:44 2013 daemon.error netifd: lan (656): Sending renew...
Thu Dec 12 23:46:45 2013 daemon.error netifd: lan (656): Lease of 192.168.0.98 obtained, lease time 3600

that's from the syslog, but i'm not sure where else i should be looking?  if the machine was overheating, the entire thing would shut down right?  in this scenario, the machine is still always on and running, just not connected and mining.

hey guys,

i have a dedicated business dsl connection (ethernet) plugged into my avalon miner (batch 3 110 Gh/s), but at least 3-4 times a day it goes offline (yellow light) and i have to manually power off and on each time to get it back online. 

running cgiminer version:  3.3.1-1
Firmware Version    OpenWrt Barrier Breaker r37008 / LuCI Trunk (svn-r9844)
Kernel Version   3.8.13

any ideas at all?

no takers?  this is really only a networking issue - everything else should be ready to go.

awesome - thanks for the heads up contact bitcoinluke@guerrillamail.com - i'm on now!

hey guys simple.  i'm located in NYC and if you can help me get my avalon set up over the phone (shouldn't take more than 5 mins) i'll paypal you $25 while you're still on the phone.  i don't have bitcoin obviously cause i can't MINE - lol.  pm me and i'll send you my mobile.

thanks!