DNS delegation of 0.172.197 updated: May 20, 2013 9:13:38 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
197.172.0.in-addr.arpa.
.
(k,f,b,j,a,e,d,h,m,i,g,l,c).root-servers.net.
2
197.172.0.in-addr.arpa.
in-addr.arpa.
(f,b,d,c,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa.
We pick k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about 197.172.0.in-addr.arpa and learn that in-addr.arpa is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask f.in-addr-servers.arpa and get the following answer: