diff --git a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetMesh/GetMeshHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetMesh/GetMeshHandler.cs
index ed42efe710..a76112f773 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetMesh/GetMeshHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetMesh/GetMeshHandler.cs
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
                 return responsedata;
             }
 
-            Hashtable headers = new Hashtable();
-            responsedata["headers"] = headers;
-
             string range = String.Empty;
 
             if (((Hashtable)request["headers"])["range"] != null)
@@ -111,18 +108,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
             else if (((Hashtable)request["headers"])["Range"] != null)
                 range = (string)((Hashtable)request["headers"])["Range"];
 
+            responsedata["content_type"] = "application/vnd.ll.mesh";
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(range))
             {
                 // full mesh
                 responsedata["str_response_string"] = Convert.ToBase64String(mesh.Data);
-                responsedata["content_type"] = "application/vnd.ll.mesh";
                 responsedata["int_response_code"] = (int)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
                 return responsedata;
             }
 
             // range request
             int start, end;
-            if (TryParseRange(range, out start, out end))
+            if (Util.TryParseHttpRange(range, out start, out end))
             {
                 // Before clamping start make sure we can satisfy it in order to avoid
                 // sending back the last byte instead of an error status
@@ -137,8 +134,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
                 int len = end - start + 1;
 
                 //m_log.Debug("Serving " + start + " to " + end + " of " + texture.Data.Length + " bytes for texture " + texture.ID);
-                responsedata["int_response_code"] = (int)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.PartialContent;
+                Hashtable headers = new Hashtable();
                 headers["Content-Range"] = String.Format("bytes {0}-{1}/{2}", start, end, mesh.Data.Length);
+                responsedata["headers"] = headers;
+                responsedata["int_response_code"] = (int)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.PartialContent;
 
                 byte[] d = new byte[len];
                 Array.Copy(mesh.Data, start, d, 0, len);
@@ -149,25 +148,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
 
             m_log.Warn("[GETMESH]: Failed to parse a range from GetMesh request, sending full asset: " + (string)request["uri"]);
             responsedata["str_response_string"] = Convert.ToBase64String(mesh.Data);
-            responsedata["content_type"] = "application/vnd.ll.mesh";
             responsedata["int_response_code"] = (int)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
             return responsedata;
         }
-
-        private bool TryParseRange(string header, out int start, out int end)
-        {
-            if (header.StartsWith("bytes="))
-            {
-                string[] rangeValues = header.Substring(6).Split('-');
-                if (rangeValues.Length == 2)
-                {
-                    if (Int32.TryParse(rangeValues[0], out start) && Int32.TryParse(rangeValues[1], out end))
-                        return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            start = end = 0;
-            return false;
-        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
index 57ec2f5d00..51332bc664 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
             {
                 // Range request
                 int start, end;
-                if (TryParseRange(range, out start, out end))
+                if (Util.TryParseHttpRange(range, out start, out end))
                 {
                     // Before clamping start make sure we can satisfy it in order to avoid
                     // sending back the last byte instead of an error status
@@ -289,50 +289,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
 //                    texture.FullID, range, response.StatusCode, response.ContentLength, texture.Data.Length);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Parse a range header.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// As per http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html,
-        /// this obeys range headers with two values (e.g. 533-4165) and no second value (e.g. 533-).
-        /// Where there is no value, -1 is returned.
-        /// FIXME: Need to cover the case where only a second value is specified (e.g. -4165), probably by returning -1
-        /// for start.</remarks>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        /// <param name='header'></param>
-        /// <param name='start'>Start of the range.  Undefined if this was not a number.</param>
-        /// <param name='end'>End of the range.  Will be -1 if no end specified.  Undefined if there was a raw string but this was not a number.</param>
-        private bool TryParseRange(string header, out int start, out int end)
-        {
-            start = end = 0;
-
-            if (header.StartsWith("bytes="))
-            {
-                string[] rangeValues = header.Substring(6).Split('-');
-
-                if (rangeValues.Length == 2)
-                {
-                    if (!Int32.TryParse(rangeValues[0], out start))
-                        return false;
-
-                    string rawEnd = rangeValues[1];
-
-                    if (rawEnd == "")
-                    {
-                        end = -1;
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                    else if (Int32.TryParse(rawEnd, out end))
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            start = end = 0;
-            return false;
-        }
-
         private byte[] ConvertTextureData(AssetBase texture, string format)
         {
             m_log.DebugFormat("[GETTEXTURE]: Converting texture {0} to {1}", texture.ID, format);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index f8469b6667..52f9aeab2b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -2382,6 +2382,38 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             return sb.ToString();
         }
 
+        public static bool TryParseHttpRange(string header, out int start, out int end)
+        {
+            start = end = 0;
+
+            if (header.StartsWith("bytes="))
+            {
+                string[] rangeValues = header.Substring(6).Split('-');
+
+                if (rangeValues.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    string rawStart = rangeValues[0].Trim();
+                    if (rawStart != "" && !Int32.TryParse(rawStart, out start))
+                        return false;
+
+                    if (start < 0)
+                        return false;
+
+                    string rawEnd = rangeValues[1].Trim();
+                    if (rawEnd == "")
+                    {
+                        end = -1;
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                    else if (Int32.TryParse(rawEnd, out end))
+                        return end > 0;
+                }
+            }
+
+            start = end = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used to trigger an early library load on Windows systems.
         /// </summary>