I tried this several times... i don't think it is a good idea. Isn't it possible to do a normal port-forwarding while doing some work on the server?
Jason Richey wrote:
We would have to initiate this from the machine that is not responding, or we would have to have a router under our control connected upstream.
It does not have to be that complicated. In principle, and if we assume that client browsers support the META redirect tag (after, say 120 seconds), than a wikipedia mirror could welcome everybody who thirsts for knowledge, no ?
cheers, buraq