- Written by Gaurav Chaudhari
- Posted on July 18, 2025
- Updated on July 18, 2025
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If Dot1x Mac based authentication ( MBA ) is disabled, supplicant discovery is attempted by sending periodic multicast identity requests. These requests are transmitted at a fixed interval, which is 60 seconds. This transmission continues until a successful authentication of an EAPOL supplicant is achieved. With MBA enabled, supplicant discovery also relies on multicast identity requests. However, the transmission interval is set to 30 seconds and the transmission count is set to 3.