# Synopsis **What is the Syncthing discovery server called?** The Syncthing discovery server is called *`stdiscosrv`.* ... # Description **What does a Syncthing client rely on and for what?** A Syncthing client relies on *a discovery server to find peers on the Internet.* > **What can anyone do with discovery servers?** > Anyone can *run their own discovery servers.* > > **What does the Syncthing project maintain for public use?** > For public use, the Syncthing project maintains *a global cluster of discovery servers.* # Options > [!todo] > This section includes all of the command-line arguments and flags for the Syncthing discovery server. # Pointing Syncthing at Your Discovery Server **How do you specify which discovery servers a Syncthing client uses?** To specify which discovery servers a Syncthing client uses, *add or remove the host addresses of the discovery servers to a comma-separated list in the settings.* > **What is the default port for Syncthing discovery servers?** > The default port for Syncthing discovery servers is *8443.* > [!example] Example of the host address for a discovery server > `https://disco.example.com:8443`.