Answer by Garo for SSH remote port forwarding failed

Judging by your description the other answers here are more useful.
But for others that notice problems with port forwarding to a specific server and end up on this page:

In many cases the problem is that the ssh-server is configured to block port forwarding. To change this:

• Open the sshd-configuration file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config on most systems)
• If there is a line AllowTcpForwarding no, remove it.
  Depending on your version of openssh you will also explicitly have to add AllowTcpForwarding yes
  (When in doubt: Do it)
• Restart the ssh-server