Same file two servers

Browser shows different size

[David]

In the process of migrating to a new server and I am seeing a difference in file size of some files.

I am using Galeon with two tabs open, one for each server.I am getting a variance of 2k to 3k on pages that are 9k to 13k. The new server inflates the size some of the time but not all.

I have been through the apache config file thinking it has something to do with the cache but haven't found the reason for this.

Any Ideas what I should be looking for?

Different Networks..
Old Server Cobalt raq
New Server Red hat linux

[amoore]

How are you measuring the file size? by doing and 'ls -l' on it or something, or by the data in the webserver logs for bytes served for a request?

Did you have mod_gzip or something like that on the old machine?

[David]

I am just looking at the status bar on Galeon. It shows down load bytes.

The actual file on the servers is the same. Thats why the cache was my first thought. I am using external .js .css and php includes.

[amoore]

One thing you could do is to look at the headers your servers send and see what the "Content-length:" header on each is. That may help you narrow down the source of the difference.

[David]

Here is what is interesting is if I keep refreshing the index page while using Galeon the bytes change between 8kb and 10kb on the new server. On the old server it is 8kb everytime.

Opera for Linux returns 8.5kb everytime on both servers.

Something is causing Galeon/Mozilla to flex.

[David]

O.K I just made a change in Galeon and told it to use http 1.0 instead of 1.1 and it now returns the same bytes.

Any Idea's as to where the config problem is?