[c-nsp] Late night BGP puzzler

[Peter Kranz]

I can't for the life of me figure out why this won't select path #2 as the
best path.. can someone unravel what I'm missing.. My goal is to get it to
resolve the equal length AS path dispute using the Cost community.

Path #1 is from a directly connected upsteam provider, no OSPF
Path #2 is from a directly connected peer router, OSPF cost 10

gsr-365-backup#sho ip bgp 6.14.0.0/15
BGP routing table entry for 6.14.0.0/15, version 19026850
Paths: (2 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     10        
  2914 701 668
    128.241.219.33 from 128.241.219.33 (129.250.0.39)
      Origin IGP, metric 11, localpref 10, valid, external, best
      Community: 2914:420 2914:2000 2914:3000 32354:300
      Extended Community: Cost:igp:1:10
  174 701 668
    204.11.106.1 (metric 11) from 204.11.106.1 (204.11.106.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 10, valid, internal
      Community: 174:21000 174:22013 32354:300
      Extended Community: Cost:igp:1:8

gsr-365-backup#sho ip route 128.241.219.33
Routing entry for 128.241.219.32/30
  Known via "connected", distance 0, metric 0 (connected, via interface)
  Redistributing via bgp 32354
  Advertised by bgp 32354 route-map point-to-point
  Routing Descriptor Blocks:
  * directly connected, via GigabitEthernet4/16
      Route metric is 0, traffic share count is 1

gsr-365-backup#sho ip route 204.11.106.1
Routing entry for 204.11.106.1/32
  Known via "ospf 1", distance 110, metric 11, type intra area
  Last update from 204.11.106.41 on GigabitEthernet5/1, 00:03:19 ago
  Routing Descriptor Blocks:
  * 204.11.106.41, from 204.11.106.1, 00:03:19 ago, via GigabitEthernet5/1
      Route metric is 11, traffic share count is 1

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