Tracking using hosted redirection

Is this a 302

[Powdork]

I'm trying to track outgoing links as well as transfer pr to the sites I link to. So I've come across my hosting company's redirect a URL form. So now I link to a page on my site which is redirected at the server level to the offsite page. I can probanly find out more about how this works tomorrow when they start answering the phones again but I'm extremely impatient and I want to change more links tonight. Here are my questions.
Does this sound like a permanent or temporary redirect (301 or 302, if either)? If so, will it pass on pr (I'm pretty sure 302 does)?
Right now I have a standard html link also on the page in a way so as few people will use it in favor of the tracking link. Is this even necessary?
Which link counts as the backlink for the site I am linking to, the page the link originates from or the page the link leaves the site from?
And, of course. Am I violating any guidelines I'm not aware of?

[rfgdxm1]

Dunno about your host, but with mine through the control panel I can set any URL to do a 301 or 302 redirect. If your host doesn't allow both, it ain't as good as mine. As for whether the big G will give you the Google Death Penalty for this, you could ask them.

[Powdork]

Redirecting allows you to send the user to, for example, 'new.html' when they attempt to access 'old.html'. Follow the directions below to place your redirects.

Place the file you would like to redirect from in the box labeled 'From'.
Place the file you would like to be redirected to in the box labeled 'To'.
Click on 'Redirect' for your redirection to be placed in this directory.
You can delete any redirection by clicking the 'Delete' link next to the redirection you would like to delete.
Note: Be sure that in 'From' box below, you only specify the file you would like the redirection to occur from. In The 'To' box below, you place an actual URL address like 'http://Web-Page.com/Path'. Otherwise your redirect will not work

Thats all the info they give, although they do have a separate category for point/park domain which may also refer to the 302 permanent redirect, I'm not sure.

[rfgdxm1]

You'd have to ask them. With my host, you enter the redirect URL, and there is a drop down box where you can choose temporary or permanent. Nifty if for some reason you decide you've just gotta move a page to a new URL.

[Powdork]

I will. Their service is great by phone, but late at night they rely on a ticket system that sometimes gives a response daze later.

[Powdork]

Woops. I didn't need to contact the hosting folks on account of its right there in my logs where it shows the 302 header.
This accomplishes what I'm looking for. Is Google ok with it? Also, I have the html link on the page as well to make sure pr is passed to the client as well. Is this even necessary? I think a 302 redirect would pass pr on to the destination url.

[Receptional Andy]

You can use the server header checker [searchengineworld.com] to check the status code.

[Powdork]

Thanks Reception_Andy I didn't know about that tool. I already found out it was a 302 though. I'm wondering if thats an improper way to track links for any reason.
mysite.com links to linkcountclientid.htm which is redirected via 302 to myclientsite.com
Any ideas