Is it possible to no log any queries for a given MAC address

[ontherails]

I want to setup a client by MAC address and have it be totally exempt from pi-hole. I currently setup an 'exclude' group and added the laptop target's MAC address to it (it has no adlists assigned) but I am still seeing queries to pi-hole from this device. Is there a way to no log any queries from a MAC address?

[jfb]

@ontherails

I want to setup a client by MAC address and have it be totally exempt from pi-hole.

Is there a way to no log any queries from a MAC address?

Any client using Pi-hole will have the queries logged the same as any other client, dependent on your privacy and logging settings. If you log one, you log them all.

Since you appear to not want that client to have any blocking, you have a few options.

1. Manually change the DNS assignment on that device to a DNS other than Pi-hole. You won't see any activity from that device in Pi-hole.

2. If Pi-hole is your DHCP server, you can use a dnsmasq configuration to assign that client (by MAC ID) a DNS server other than Pi-hole. This achieves the same as (1) above, but you don't have to manually configure the client.

How can I use Pi-hole for all my devices except one (or more)?

Configuring your router's DHCP options to force clients to use Pi-hole as their DNS server is the quickest way to get all of your network devices to use Pi-hole. But what if you want a certain device to not use it? Perhaps a family member is frustrated with white or blacklisting sites. Or maybe you want to log queries for all network devices except for a few. Solution The solution is to manually set the DNS server to on the device you don't want to use Pi-hole with. Setting the DNS server o…

[ontherails]

Thank you for the link, I will dig into it.

[yubiuser]

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Option to not log selected client(s)

I'd like to have one (or more) clients not show up in the logs. They do not to be logged at all. They need not to bypass the pihole. It is great that the pihole filter applies to them, I just want their 'noise' removed from the logs. Is it possible already, or would this be a new feature?

[ontherails]

In my use case, pi-hole is not serving DNS, an OpenWRT device is. I was able to use the technique you guys mentioned to achieve the result on the OW router:

# cat /etc/config/dhcp

...

config tag 'tag1'
	option dhcp_option '6,1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1'

config host
	option name 'laptop'
	option mac '40:14:a0:29:ab:12
	option ip '10.9.7.200'
	option tag 'tag1'