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Pollywog wrote:
>
> bind: Can't assign requested address
> channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 15901
> Could not request local forwarding.
>
>
>   

It seems to me that you have a problem with a firewall. Look at your own 
message. It looks like port 15901 is closed for listening.