Technical Tip: Clarifying differences between 'diagnose test application dnsproxy 2' information in the CLI and the GUI

See the diagram below for clarification. The numbered points of interest are as follows:

1. The last time the DNS was tested in the local FortiGate (in the date/hour format).
2. The DNS latency from the last test. (As referred to in points 1 and 4.)
3. The CLI equivalent of point 2, 'Latency'.
4. The CLI equivalent of point 1, the last time the DNS was tested or the value was updated. The measurement is in milliseconds.

The CLI shows a value for latency, which is equal to <GUI value in ms>/10.

For example:

diagnose test application dnsproxy 2
....
vfid=0 server=192.168.30.11 latency=13 updated=82
vfid=0 server=96.45.46.46 latency=1 updated=51

The GUI displays these values as 130ms and 10ms, which seem to be correct.

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