Since Brett recommended openvpn as a way to handle communications with my difficult to access eeePC I have decided to give it a try.
I have installed the Ubuntu openvpn distribution on the eeePC and haven't run out of space which is a good start! :-)
Now I'm a bit lost, presumably I need to install openvpn on my server at home too, that's easy enough, but what next? I can't find any simple 'how to' guides that tell me how to enable communication between the two systems.
My basic need is to have the eeePC out in Belgium start up the connection but then to be able to access that eeePC from the server at home. I've looked at the documentation at openvpn.net but it's a bit overwhelming. Any ideas or reecommendations for 'gentler' ways in would be very welcome.