DNSMASQ_WARN Warning in dnsmasq core: Maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached (max: 150)

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Dear Community-Team

above mentioned failure was raised by pi-hole.

Using pi-hole v6, in proxmox-vm, 1.5 GB RAM, 16 GB HDD space and 1 virtual core.
Running smothely

I updated the /etc/dnsmasq.d/02-custom-settings.conf to

dnsmasq-max-concurrent-queries=1500,

as I do have many devices in my network and in VM enough memory, HDD space and CPU power available.

As I (rtfm not followed) did not find any good answer (may be googled in a wrong way) I want to document my hopefully good solution.

Please feel free to comment or post any other better solution if available.

Thank you
Regards

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That error is not from the number of clients using Pi-hole, that number is the max queries allowed "in flight". That means the max number of queries waiting to be resolved by the upstream DNS resolver.

A quick search of the forum using the error message will provide you with a wealth of information. No need to RTFM but at least RTFF (Read the Fine Forum).

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