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@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ is added to this testing suite via the run script (`run.sh`)
 
 The [localNetwork package](./localNetwork) is a more general-use network tool.
 This package will run a local version of the xx network on a single machine until a 
-manually killed by the user. This can be done either via the `run.sh` script,
-which will run the network with internal IP addresses, or the `runpublish.sh`, which runs the network
-with remotely accessible IP addresses. With this network established, a developer may,
+manually killed by the user. This can be done using either the `run.sh`  or the `runpublish.sh` scripts.
+With this network established, a developer may,
 for example, test the xxDK. 
 
 ## How to manually run locally
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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-= Local Continuously Running Network (localNetwork)
+# Local Continuously Running Network (localNetwork)
 
 This tool runs several servers as a local simulation of the xx network. 
 The basic structure is as follows:
 
-* 3 Nodes, BatchSize of 32
+* 3 cMix Nodes, BatchSize of 32
 * 3 Gateways, each connected to its own node
 * User Discovery Bot
 * Scheduling Server
@@ -12,7 +12,72 @@ The basic structure is as follows:
 With these tools you may run the xxDK off of the produced [ndf](./ndf.json), testing locally without
 having to operate on MainNet or any other live network.
 
-## Configurability
+## Operating the Network
 
-If you wish to operate with a larger local network, you may generate a programmable number of gateways/servers
-using the (generate)
+To run the local network, you only need to run either `run.sh` or `runpublic.sh`. The difference
+between these two scripts is described below, in the [scripts section](#scripts). Below is an example of running
+`run.sh`:
+
+```commandline
+./run.sh 
+rm: cannot remove 'gateway*-knownRound': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove 'errServer-*': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove '*.log': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove 'roundId.txt': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove '*-knownRound': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove 'updateId*': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove 'lastupdateid*': No such file or directory
+rm: cannot remove 'udbsession': No such file or directory
+STARTING SERVERS...
+Permissioning:  112749
+Client Registrar:  112750
+Server 0:  112757
+Server 1:  112762
+Server 2:  112763
+Gateway 0 -- 112774
+Gateway 1 -- 112775
+Gateway 2 -- 112776
+You can't use the network until rounds run.
+If it doesn't happen after 1 minute, please Ctrl+C
+and review logs for what went wrong.
+Waiting for rounds to run..............STARTING UDB...
+UDB:  112937
+\nNetwork rounds have run. You may now attempt to connect.
+Press enter to exit... 
+```
+
+This script will run continuously until the user has sent a kill signal. The run script expects
+`Enter/Return` once the network is set up. However, at any point prior of after the network is set 
+up, the user may kill the script using standard kill signals (`CTR+C`, `CTR+D`, etc.).
+
+## Scripts
+
+### `run.sh`
+The `run.sh` script  will run the network with internal IP addresses. This will allow the user
+to test the xxDK from the machine running the local network.
+
+### runpublish.sh` 
+The `runpublish.sh` runs the network with remotely accessible IP addresses. This 
+will allow the user to test the xxDK from another machine, provided they have passed the ndf
+along.
+
+## Configurability of Local Network
+
+If you wish to test with a larger local network, you may use the [config file generation script](./configGen/gen.py). 
+This will generate a programmable number of gateways/servers config files.
+ The snippet below gives an example on how to run this script:
+
+```commandline
+$ cd configGen/
+$  python3 gen.py 
+Total number of nodes: 9
+Minimum number of nodes online to start network: 3
+Size of each team: 3
+```
+
+This example generates 9 cMix nodes with 9 associated gateways. The rounds will have 3 nodes in a team,
+and the network only needs 3 nodes running to start running rounds. 
+
+Once config files have been generated, you need only execute the run script to run a network of the desired size
+and specifications. Please note that this network does run locally, and as such larger networks
+may be resource intensive (depending on the user's machine).