JQuery callback error on ajax call if server is down

Question

I use jQuery and I am making an AJAX request from many of the methods available to me. I am testing the error callback condition and so far so good.

If I bring the server down then firebug shows the request in RED, which means it was an error. However, the error callback is not called. Is this expected? Or the jQuery error callback should be called when the server is down.

If the expected behavior is that the jQuery error callback will not be called, then how will you notify users that the server is down?

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