diff --git a/shellweb b/shellweb
index 33b2b0f..3f7ced4 100755
--- a/shellweb
+++ b/shellweb
@@ -70,20 +70,24 @@ senderr() {
 	$sent && return 0
 
 	local text
+	local v=1.0
 	case $1 in
 	400)    text="Bad request";;
 	401)    text="Unauthorized";;
 	403)    text="Not allowed";;
 	404)    text="Not found";;
+	416)	text="Range Not Satisfiable"; v=1.1;;
 	*)      text="Server error"; set -- 500;;
 	esac
 
 	sent=true
-	printf "HTTP/1.0 %s %s\r\n" "$1" "$text"
+	printf "HTTP/%s %s %s\r\n" "$v" "$1" "$text"
 	printf "Date: %s\r\n" "$(env LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 date)"
 	printf "Connection: close\r\n"
 	if [[ $1 == 401 ]]; then
 		printf "WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=ShellWeb\r\n"
+	elif [[ $1 == 416 ]]; then
+		printf "Content-Range: bytes */%u\r\n" "$2"
 	fi
 
 	printf "\r\n"
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ validate_and_send() {
 		index "$1"
 	elif [[ "$1" == *.cgi* ]]; then
 		cgi "$1"
+	elif [[ $portion == true ]]; then
+		send_portion "$1"
 	else
 		sendfile "$1"
 	fi
@@ -186,6 +192,39 @@ sendfile() {
 	exec 3<&-
 }
 
+send_portion() {
+	$sent && return 0
+	test -d "$1" && return
+	local ct=$(file -bi "$root/$1") || { senderr 500; return 0; }
+	local sz=$(ls -l "$root/$1" | awk '{print $5}') || { senderr 500; return 0; }
+	local range_from=${range%%-*}
+	local range_to=${range##*-}
+	if [ -n "$range_from" ]; then
+		if [ -z "$range_to" ]; then
+			range_to=$(($sz - 1))
+		elif [ "$range_to" -ge "$sz" ]; then
+			range_to=$(($sz - 1))
+		fi
+	else
+		if [ -z "$range_to" ]; then
+			senderr 400
+			return 0
+		else
+			range_from=$(($sz - $range_to))
+			range_to=$(($sz - 1))
+		fi
+	fi
+	test "$range_from" -gt "$range_to" && { senderr 416 "$sz"; return 0; }
+	sent=true
+	local length=$(( $range_to - $range_from + 1))
+	printf "HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content\r\n"
+	printf "Content-Range: bytes %s\r\n" "${range_from}-${range_to}/$sz"
+	printf "Content-Length: %u\r\n" "$length"
+	printf "Content-Type: %s\r\n" "$ct"
+	printf "\r\n"
+	dd skip="$range_from" count="$length" if="$root/$1" bs=1 status=none
+}
+	
 html_escape() {
 	echo "$*" | sed -E \
 		-e 's/&/\&amp;/g;' \
@@ -332,6 +371,8 @@ while true; do
 	$proxy_mode && proxy
 	auth_passed=false
 	keep_conn=false
+	portion=false
+	range=
 	while ! $proxy_mode &&  ! $sent && read -p v1 v2 v3; do
 		header=$(echo "$v1" | tr A-Z a-z)
 		if [ -z "$file" ]; then
@@ -365,9 +406,14 @@ while true; do
 			fi
 			file=
 			auth_passed=false
+			portion=false
 			if $keep_conn; then
 				sent=false
 			fi
+		elif [[ $header == "range:" ]]; then
+			$verbose && echo "Range $v2 from $file requested" >&2
+			range=$(echo "${v2##bytes=}" | tr -d '\r')
+			portion=true
 		# else ignore all headers
 		fi
 	done >&p
diff --git a/tests/test-416 b/tests/test-416
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddfa232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-416
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/ksh
+#check for 416 response
+
+. ${0%/*}/common
+
+link="./tests/home.html"
+bytes_request="25-14"
+while getopts "l:r:" OPT; do case $OPT in
+	l)	link=$OPTARG;;
+	r)	byte_request=$OPTARG;;
+esac; done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+run_shellweb
+request_file=$(mktemp -p $www)
+cp "$link" "$request_file"
+response=$(
+	{ printf "GET ${request_file#$www} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+ 	  printf "Range: bytes="$bytes_request"\r\n\r\n"
+	} | nc -w 1 127.0.0.1 $port | head -n 1 | tr -d '\r'
+)
+check="HTTP/1.1 416 Range Not Satisfiable"
+test x"$response" = x"$check" || fail "$response"
diff --git a/tests/test-part b/tests/test-part
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d94f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-part
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/ksh
+
+. ${0%/*}/common
+check_portion() {
+	local first_byte="${2%%-*}"
+	local last_byte="${2##*-}"
+	local sz=$(ls -l "$1" | awk '{print $5}')
+	local length
+
+	if [ -n "$first_byte" ]; then
+		if [ -z "$last_byte" ]; then
+			last_byte=$(($sz - 1))
+		elif [ "$last_byte" -ge "$sz" ]; then
+			last_byte=$(($sz - 1))
+		fi
+	else
+		if [ -z "$last_byte" ]; then
+			echo "Incorrect request"
+			return 0
+		else
+			first_byte=$(($sz - $last_byte))
+			last_byte=$(($sz - 1))
+		fi
+	fi
+	length=$(($last_byte - $first_byte + 1))
+
+	local request_file=$(mktemp -p $www)
+	cp "$1" "$request_file"
+	local part_file=$(mktemp -p $tmpdir) || { fail "mktemp fail"; return 0; }
+	dd skip="$first_byte" count="$length" if="$1" bs=1 status=none > "$part_file" || { fail "incorrect range"; return 0; }
+	local response=$(mktemp -p $tmpdir)
+	{ printf "GET ${request_file#$www} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+	  printf "Range: bytes=$2\r\n\r\n"
+	} | nc -w 1 127.0.0.1 $port | tr -d '\r' >> "$response"
+	local first_header=$(head -n 1 $response)
+	local check="HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content"
+	test x"$first_header" = x"$check" || { fail "incorrect response header"; return 0; }
+	response_range=$(awk '/Content-Range:/{print $NF}' "$response")
+	test "${response_range%%/*}" = "${first_byte}-${last_byte}" || { fail "incorrect range"; return 0; }
+	sed -i '1,/^$/ d' "$response"
+	cmp -s "$part_file" "$response" || { fail "files don't match"; return 0; }
+	echo "Requested $2 bytes of $file: success"
+}
+
+
+file="./tests/home.html"
+byte_request="25-30 26- -35"
+
+while getopts "f:r:" OPT; do case $OPT in
+	f)	file=$OPTARG;;
+	r)	byte_request="$OPTARG";;
+esac; done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+run_shellweb
+for t in $byte_request; do
+	echo "Bytes from $file requested: $t"
+	check_portion "$file" $t || fail 
+done