ZoneCD uses a modified version of the Debian Linux distribution called Koppix, which is designed to run from CD and provides automatic hardware detection and configuration. On top of this platform, Public IP provides features needed to run a secure Wi-Fi public hot spot, such as user authentication, a proxy server, content filtering, DNS caching and DHCP and Web server functionality. . . .
ZoneCD uses a modified version of the Debian Linux distribution called Koppix, which is designed to run from CD and provides automatic hardware detection and configuration. On top of this platform, Public IP provides features needed to run a secure Wi-Fi public hot spot, such as user authentication, a proxy server, content filtering, DNS caching and DHCP and Web server functionality.

To set up a Wi-Fi hot spot with ZoneCD, users would need an Intel-based PC with two Ethernet ports, a minimum of 128M bytes of memory and a bootable CD-ROM drive. Also needed are a Wi-Fi base station, an Internet connection and a firewall. The ZoneCD box would sit between the Internet router (connected via a LAN port) and the Wi-Fi access point (with the DHCP server on the AP shut off).

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