mod deflate and compression

mod_deflate

[ryan_lewis]

I have attempted to get mod_deflate enabled on my Apache 2.0 system. By using

Loadmodule defalte_module modules/mod_deflate.so

And adding SetOutputFilter DEFLATE / SetInputFilter DEFLATE, to my directories. I am now checking benchmark with "ab" and the results are the same, hitting a plain logging page with a big of javascript.

I also am doing a wget -s <host> on my Linux box (my Apache is on a windows machine), and there is no Content-Encoding section, so I'm not sure if its working. I receive no errors on my httpd.conf.

I have found a few guides, but none are seeming to get my desired result. What is the best way to:

Enable compression across the board
Benchmark if there is a gain
Check if it is in fact, enabled

Any information much appreciated,
Ryan