Step 1:
Click on STP Setup from the CONFIGURATION menu.
Step 2:
Select Enable from the STP Status radio button, fill in the fields, and click on the Apply button to update the changes.
Priority: (Default: 32768, Range: 0 – 65535)
This is the relative priority.
The lowest priority will be elected as the root.
Hello Time: (Default: 2, Range: 1 – 10) This is the hello time.
Every (this number) seconds, a hello packet is sent out by.
Hello packets are used to communicate information about the topology throughout the entire STP network.
Forward Delay: (Default: 15, Range: 4 – 30)
The forward delay is the time that is spent in the listening and learning state.
Max Age: (Default: 20, Range: 6 – 40)
The max age timer controls the maximum length of time that passes before a port saves its configuration information.
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