| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 5.16.16.172.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,j,h,l,f,i,k,e,c,d,a,b,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 5.16.16.172.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,b,e,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 5.16.16.172.in-addr.arpa. | 172.in-addr.arpa. | (r,z,w,t,v,u,y,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 5.16.16.172.in-addr.arpa. | 16.172.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick