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tkanneganti
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January 5, 2021

Technical Tip: Difference between 'age' and 'live' fields in rogue FortiAP detect log

  • January 5, 2021
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Description
When a rogue FortiAP event is generated, it shows 'age' and 'live' fields.

This article describes the difference between both.


Solution
The description of various log fields for the logs generated on FortiGate are available in the below link.
https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/be7c8196-1320-11eb-96b9-00505692583a/FortiOS_6.4.3_Log_Reference.pdf

age: the time passed since managed FortiAPs see the rogue last time.
live: the time passed since managed FortiAPs see the rogue first time.



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