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How to determine which version of http protocol a web server supports

Asked by tgritter in Web Servers, HTTP, Web Browsers

Tags: http protocol

Is there some easy way for me to determine which version of the http protocol is supported by the web server where a particular site is hosted? I've read some online articles about the http protocol and they mention using the OPTIONS method to get this information back from the web server, but the articles didn't provide any examples of the code or details on how to use it, so I have no idea how to use the OPTIONS method.

The web site is at http://www.baycolonies.org and I'm trying to figure out what version of the http protocol is supported by the web server because one of the site's users got an error message and complained about it.  Here is the error message which the user received:

Error Message:
505 - HTTP Version Not Supported
 
Translation:
This error occurs because the Web server does not support the HTTP
protocol used by your Web browser. For example, the server will return a 505
error if your browser attempts a request using HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 but the Web
browser only supports HTTP 0.9.


This web site is hosted with Network Solutions and it's hard for me to believe that they would have the site on a server which supports some older depracated version of the http protocol like HTTP 0.9, but I was looking for some way to check this easily.  Is the OPTIONS method the best way? How do I go about using it? Example of the code and advice on how to proceed wirtten at the "for dummies" level would be greatly appreciated.

P.S.  Is it possible/likely the problem is with the user's browser and not with the web server?  
 
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