CASTEP/Visualiser licensing via ssh

I have multiple licenses for CASTEP at my workplace running on a server (which I cannot log into)  and would like to connect and run visualizer from my home.  I have ssh access on my mac (upon which I run vmware fusion and windows).  Within windows, I can setup a tunnel using putty to the license server, e.g. tunnel my local port 1715 to the license server beyond the firewall's port 1715.  I have, of course, utilized the "connect to license server" option in the license adminstrator that I am offered to start up when I run MaterialsStudio.  The license adminstrator seems to find that the license manager is stopped (it isn't).  I would guess that the license server is expecting my local machine to be something other than "localhost".  Any suggestions on how to fix this rather frustrating problem? Thanks for your help.