| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 12.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,i,e,g,k,c,d,l,a,j,b,h,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 12.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,e,f,d,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 12.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 144.in-addr.arpa. | (y,r,z,t,x,w,u,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 12.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 212.144.in-addr.arpa. | ns.uu.net. ns.mathworks.com. ns3.mathworks.com. ns2.mathworks.com. |
We pick