斷點續傳是我們現在經常接觸的概念，那么HTTP協議是如何支持斷點續傳的呢。我們先從一個例子來看看。
下面是一個斷點續傳的例子：（使用NetVampire得到）
I01-7-1219:19:23-------------------------Attempt1-------------------------
P01-7-1219:19:24Connectingto127.0.0.3...
P01-7-1219:19:24Connectedto127.0.0.3[127.0.0.3]
S01-7-1219:19:24GET/VS0515AI.EXEHTTP/1.1
S01-7-1219:19:24Connection:close
S01-7-1219:19:24Host:127.0.0.3
S01-7-1219:19:24Accept:*/*
S01-7-1219:19:24PRagma:no-cache
S01-7-1219:19:24Cache-Control:no-cache
S01-7-1219:19:24Referer:http://127.0.0.3/
S01-7-1219:19:24User-Agent:Mozilla/4.04[en](Win95;I;Nav)
S01-7-1219:19:24
R01-7-1219:19:24HTTP/1.1200OK
R01-7-1219:19:24Server:ZeroHttpServer/1.0
R01-7-1219:19:24Date:Thu,12Jul200111:19:24GMT
R01-7-1219:19:24Cache-Control:no-cache
R01-7-1219:19:24Last-Modified:Tue,30Jan200113:11:30GMT
R01-7-1219:19:24Content-Type:application/octet-stream
R01-7-1219:19:24Content-Length:15143086
R01-7-1219:19:24Connection:close
R01-7-1219:19:24
P01-7-1219:19:25Datatransferstarted
I01-7-1219:19:32JobStoppedbyuser
I01-7-1219:19:33Received5275648bytesin0:00:07(691435bytes/s)
I01-7-1219:19:40-------------------------Attempt2-------------------------
P01-7-1219:19:40Connectingto127.0.0.3...
P01-7-1219:19:40Connectedto127.0.0.3[127.0.0.3]
S01-7-1219:19:40GET/VS0515AI.EXEHTTP/1.1
S01-7-1219:19:40Connection:close
S01-7-1219:19:40Host:127.0.0.3
S01-7-1219:19:40Accept:*/*
S01-7-1219:19:40Pragma:no-cache
S01-7-1219:19:40Cache-Control:no-cache
S01-7-1219:19:40Referer:http://127.0.0.3/
S01-7-1219:19:40User-Agent:Mozilla/4.04[en](Win95;I;Nav)
S01-7-1219:19:40Range:bytes=5275648-
S01-7-1219:19:40
R01-7-1219:19:40HTTP/1.1206PartialContent
R01-7-1219:19:40Server:ZeroHttpServer/1.0
R01-7-1219:19:40Date:Thu,12Jul200111:19:40GMT
R01-7-1219:19:40Cache-Control:no-cache
R01-7-1219:19:40Last-Modified:Tue,30Jan200113:11:30GMT
R01-7-1219:19:40Content-Type:application/octet-stream
R01-7-1219:19:40Content-Range:bytes5275648-15143085/15143086
R01-7-1219:19:40Content-Length:9867438
R01-7-1219:19:40Connection:close
R01-7-1219:19:40
P01-7-1219:19:40Datatransferstarted
I01-7-1219:19:41JobStoppedbyuser
I01-7-1219:19:41Received1124756bytesin0:00:01(969617bytes/s)
第一次是普通的傳輸；第二次由于沒有傳完全，就發出了Range這個頭部，從5275648字節開始傳輸（默認是按字節算），回應使用206狀態值，表示現在開始部分傳輸，回復Content-Length頭部，表示傳輸的部分，用字節記，然后就與普通傳輸沒有區別了。
通過上面的例子，你應該了解HTTP斷點續傳的原理了吧。