# Finding a known provider

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/finding-a-known-provider/1131>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 23, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/finding-a-known-provider/1131 "2017-09-23T10:47:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kadukeco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kadukeco](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Kadukeco)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/finding-a-known-provider/1131/1 "2017-09-23T10:47:53Z")

</div>

I have a file on a local host(a laptop). I try to use dht findprovs on the key for that file on a remote host(a DigitalOcean VPS) to find the local host, but it fails, returning no providers. If I run dht findpeer on the remote host with the ID hash of the local host, it succeeds immediately. If I try to get the value of a hash that (most likely) only my local host has, it succeeds immediately. What am I doing wrong?

Here is the output of the findprovs command with the verbose flag:

[https://hardbin.com/ipfs/QmcDMAEoigc9w31pYEoAnYbNDM3d8hPn26MRQmMjqn73WH/#CmBZy6xyULarHSycoTeumS9eNnXSbmqpQJTrPqSWS9wH](https://hardbin.com/ipfs/QmcDMAEoigc9w31pYEoAnYbNDM3d8hPn26MRQmMjqn73WH/#CmBZy6xyULarHSycoTeumS9eNnXSbmqpQJTrPqSWS9wH)