But I remember this server has been shut down months ago. Right? Or not?
If you've seen the odd error message recently on a Symbian smartphone, at least when using it on Wi-fi, it's because Nokia's longstanding connectivity-test.ext.nokia.com server is now offline, the latest in a long line of Symbian support resources to disappear under Microsoft's ownership of Nokia's Devices division. All a bit disappointing, but what can you do when there's 0.0% enthusiasm for keeping the OS going at Microsoft and very little legal imperative to do so? The good news is that Wifi connectivity does work on the whole still, albeit without automatic connection.