# Remove 150 concurrent DNS queries to bypass digital ID

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**Created:** [April 6, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/remove-150-concurrent-dns-queries-to-bypass-digital-id/85657 "2026-04-06T06:25:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bucking\_Horn](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/bucking_horn/32/18719_2.png) [@Bucking\_Horn](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bucking_Horn)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/remove-150-concurrent-dns-queries-to-bypass-digital-id/85657/13 "2026-04-07T05:38:19Z")

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> [@Whisky](#):
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> I only went back to Pihole coz of its mDNS

Pi-hole isn't involved with mDNS at all.  
[mDNS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS) is a distinctively different protocol, using different ports, negotiating names with same-link peers instead of a server.

> [@Whisky](#):
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> How I wished this existed years ago!!

> [@Whisky](#):
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> You will find post after post here, Reddit, you name it, my post back in 2024 with this same problem and there is no response other than the usual “150 is it”

Check your bookmarks - you have been given that information years ago.  
The following is quoting answers from the topic you created in 2024:

> [@150 RATE LIMIT is driving me nuts](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/150-rate-limit-is-driving-me-nuts/73757/2):
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> put `dns-forward-max=xxxx` (where xxxx is the limit you want) in the config file on the Pi-hole system.
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> But if the internet is down, it'll probably reach the new limit again anyway.

> [@150 RATE LIMIT is driving me nuts](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/150-rate-limit-is-driving-me-nuts/73757/4):
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> And you can find the `dnsmasq` options in **DNSMASQ man page** :
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> - [Man page of DNSMASQ](https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html)

> [@150 RATE LIMIT is driving me nuts](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/150-rate-limit-is-driving-me-nuts/73757/5):
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> Sweet, I have bookmarked those.

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