ajax call to server fails

ajax call to server fails

I've been trying to do a quick timed "server status" script, but it's not working for remote servers (only for local files). I get a consistent errors return even on 200 status return codes for remote servers. ie. url:"file.ext" works while url:"http://server.address" doesn't. Below is the snippet:
  1. function srvstats(){
     $.ajax({
      url: "http://server.address.goes.here/",
      cache: false,
      success:function(response){
       $("#serverstatus").removeClass("down").addClass("up");
       $("#serverstatus").html("Server is Running");
      },
      error:function(response){
       $("#serverstatus").removeClass("up").addClass("down");
       $("#serverstatus").html("Server is Down");
      }
     });
    }
    setInterval("srvstats()", 10000);
    srvstats();














Same across all tested browsers, multiple servers, etc. I've tried rolling back to using statusCode, with no success. Any help is greatly appreciated!