URL Forwarding

How can I redirect a web application's output from my local machine that is running the Java System Application Server (v. 9.1, bundled in Java EE 5 SDK) to a remote web server? The application server listens on localhost, port 2278 and displays pages OK in the local browser.
The remote web server is a shared host, not a dedicated host, so I don't have root directory access.
I've used Java Web Start to run self-signed applets on the remote server, but how can I get the remote server to display .JSP output from a servlet running on my local machine?
In the app server's Administration Console, I added a new HTTP-Listener assigned to the remote server's address (obtained by pinging), and also created a virtual server, but these changes caused the app server to crash.
Can configuration files for the web application or its domain be modified to accomplish URL Forwarding (redirection in Microsoft-speak)?
I'm on a Windows 2000 system with IIS (Internet Information Services) 5.0 as the default web server. I can create an IIS virtual directory to the deployed Java application module, and pages will display in the browser. I've tinkered with URL redirection settings in IIS and with the Windows 'hosts' file, but pages will not display on remote web server. The IIS virtual directory is pathed to the application's \domain1\applications\j2ee-modules\<context_root> directory.
Your suggestions for a fix or workaround will be greatly appreciated. There may be a straightforward best practice for distributing output from Sun Application Server to remote machine(s). Would it make more sense to co-locate the App Server with the web server on a dedicated remote host to which I'd have root access and the ability to start/stop/configure the app server?
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jdeegan

Oops. There may be an issue with the URL Forwarding service for this
domain, in which case our technical staff is currently working the situation. Otherwise,
this domain is currently under construction and will be back online soon.
this the the error msg that we are getting.....

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