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@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ PingPanel
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 PingPanel monitors devices in the network using ICMP echo requests and gives you a compact and graphical overview of the current 
-accessibility of all these hosts in real time.
+accessibility of all these hosts in real time. Thousands of hosts, IPv4 and IPv6, can be processed.   
 Unlike other network monitoring tools, PingPanel is neither a service monitoring tool nor does it record any data for analysis. 
-Instead, it merely provides an overview of the current availability of the devices to be monitored and their RTT (Round-Trip Time).
+Instead, it merely provides an overview of the current availability of the devices to be monitored and their RTT (Round-Trip Time).   
 
+   
+   
 **_Website_**:  
 [https://pingpanel.zweiernet.ch/](https://pingpanel.zweiernet.ch/)
 	
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ tar xvfz pingpanel_<version>.tar.gz
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+Further information about installation and configuration can be found in the INSTALL.txt file.   
+
  
 ### Usage  
  The directory _etc.example/_ contains startup file in _init.d/_ and a default _pingpanel_ file under _default/_.   
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ After all, start the PingPanel Daemon:
 The configuration is made in the _config.cfg_ file located in the installation directory.
 All parameters are documented in this file.   
 If you want to use a name other than config.cfg, you can specify this in the _/etc/default/pingpanel_ file
-or using the `-c <filename>` parameter to the PingPanel script.
+or using the `-c <filename>` parameter to the PingPanel.py script.
 
 All Messages are written to the file _/var/log/pingpanel.log_, unless 
 you define a different name in _/etc/default/pingpanel_.
@@ -84,3 +88,24 @@ Restart the PingPanel Daemon.
 Unpack the tar-file in a new empty directory and then copy the relevant files to your active install-dir.   
 
 
+### Credits   
+
+*Copyright 2025 by [Siegrist\(SystemLoesungen\) \<pingpanel @ zweiernet.ch\>](https://pss.zweiernet.ch)*   
+   
+
+
+``` 
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+ 
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+```   
+