| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 31.94.12.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,i,a,e,f,k,m,h,b,c,j,d,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 31.94.12.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,a,c,f,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 31.94.12.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (u,x,v,r,w,t,y,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 31.94.12.192.in-addr.arpa. | 94.12.192.in-addr.arpa. | (d2,l2,c2,e2).nstld.com. |
We pick