how to run http get from cli

yes sir, I found that to be the case. So, I guess the bigger question is - is the monitor syntax executed correctly, and not being an http person (as well), maybe somebody can shine some light on it

GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: \r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n

here is my dilemma...the pool member that was offending did not going into a down state. I believe it is because the URL that the monitor is "monitoring" is the URL of the virtual server site, consisting of 4 pool members. example the monitor is configured as follows on the server pool

GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: \r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n

so, naturally, i'm thinking the monitor sees the URL as UP (because the other 3 servers are UP) and never places the offending server in a down state.

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(and for anybody wanting to run the commands, here is what I found)

telnet GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: Connection: close

this should render the http 200 success response (or other response if not successful)