Hello, I host an OpenVPN server at home that I connect in to. I use a tunnel versus a tap, meaning it runs at layer 3 and thus does not forward broadcasts. As a result, I seem to be able to only get Syncthing to connect to my computers at home if I manually specify their addresses in Edit Device > …

[image] mraneri: [image] nevaeh: Is there a way for the introducer to send that information to all the clients, or is that a manual configuration step for each Syncthing computer? I think the answer is no. [image] JanKanis: Reading the documentation on introducers , I would expect a…

[image] marbens: Introducers don’t propagate discovered addresses, but they do propagate configured addresses. Interesting…if that’s true, this would probably be the solution I would go with, since I would then only need to configure the address to be the hostname on the relevant “servers”. A…

I was not referring to listen addresses. I was referring to the addresses you configure in Edit Device > Advanced > Addresses. Those are the ones you said you wanted it to propagate.

That’s what I’m currently utilizing now, but the introducer doesn’t seem to propagate those…unless what someone said earlier in this thread was true, where it is only propagated upon first adding a new Syncthing client but is never updated after that. Even if that were the case, I can’t find how to …

[image] nevaeh: unless what someone said earlier in this thread was true, where it is only propagated upon first adding a new Syncthing client but is never updated after that. That’s true. It only happens during the introduction process.

Right. This doesn’t work the way you want it to work. :slight_smile:

[image] marbens: That’s true. It only happens during the introduction process. I’m actually okay with this, however I can’t find where to set the address on the introducer, unless I’m blind and missing it in Actions > Advanced. [image] mraneri: Right. This doesn’t work the way you want i…

[image] nevaeh: however I can’t find where to set the address on the introducer, unless I’m blind and missing it in Actions > Advanced. I recommend you use Edit Device > Advanced instead. I only recommend using Actions > Advanced if necessary.

To set a new device’s address use ‘Add remote device’ > advanced > addresses.

[image] marbens: I recommend you use Edit Device > Advanced instead. I only recommend using Actions > Advanced if necessary. Ah, I think we’re talking past each other unfortunately…there is no Edit Device option since I’d be trying set the address on the introducer itself. In either case, it…

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mraneri (Mike) October 26, 2025, 4:13pm 20

I just wrote up my idea which directly addresses your need: