# How to filter PTR requests from the query log without blocking them

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**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-to-filter-ptr-requests-from-the-query-log-without-blocking-them/61574 "2023-03-02T18:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zetafish](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ed8c4c/32.png) [@zetafish](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/zetafish)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-to-filter-ptr-requests-from-the-query-log-without-blocking-them/61574/3 "2023-03-02T22:55:29Z")

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It's Velops. They spam PTR between the parent and the children. It is this issue:

> [@Fix Velop mesh flooding Pi-hole with PTR requests](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fix-velop-mesh-flooding-pi-hole-with-ptr-requests/61381):
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> Info Linksys Velop is a mesh wifi system made up of nodes that work together to provide network coverage, parental controls and so on. It has various modes of operation, but a common one for home users is where it is added to an existing network and picks up its networking from an existing router via DHCP. One of its functions is to find and identify devices on the network so they can be presented in the Velop app. Each node makes tens to hundreds of PTR requests every minute to the network's D…

They aren't the problem, but I don't want to see them since they are just noise. Just wondering is there is a way to tell the query log to not show PTR requests.

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