Router BGP Best Path Selection Settings

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1. Weight (Bigger is better)
2. Local preference is better than iBGP/eBGP learned (Bigger is better)
3. Originate Self originated (Network Locally or redistributed from IGP)
4. AS-Path (Shortest is better)
5. Origin (Prefer ORIGIN code I over E, and E over ?)
6. MED (Smaller is better)
7. External (Prefer eBGP over iBGP)
8. IGP cost (Smaller is better)
9. EBGP Peering (Older is better)
10. RID (Lower is better)



Bgp default local-preference

Default is 100;

Local and non-transit attribute
The local preference is communicated over iBGP but not over eBGP