Manual STP settings?

[Ceejus]

I have two Asus routers (one of which is running in AP mode) and a Netgear SX10 switch. As I am running long ethernet cables between all three, I want to have redudancy in case something happens to one of them. As such, I have all three connected in a triangle topology-wise. For the most part, STP works. However, there are times where it does not and the link intended to be the backup (between the AP and the SX10 switch) fails to become an alternate link which results in a loop.

Does anyone know what commands to use to manually set bridge IDs, port priorities, and/or link costs so I don't have to worry about this problem?

 

[ColinTaylor]

What router models?

 

[Ceejus]

What router models?

GT-BE98 Pro and RT-BE96U.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Sorry, I don't have those routers. You could try using the old brctl commands (e.g. brctl setmaxage br0 30), but looking at this post I'd guess it won't work.